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So, your comment actually supports the narrative. These masks failed quality tests, but they were made by private manufacturers in China, that had no relation

So, your comment actually supports the narrative. These masks failed quality tests, but they were made by private manufacturers in China, that had no relation to the China government. However, because they are stamped, “Made in China”, then they tarnished China’s international image. And the European countries really didn’t help themselves here, when they did their media blitz, and claimed that the China-made masks were defective. Thereby insinuating that every single mask that is shipped out of China, is under the control and responsibility of the central China government. Then, the entire Twitterverse lit up in laughter as: “Ha ha! See, we told you so! China only makes piece-of-shit crap! Now, they are selling us crappy medical products too!”

makomk 7y ago
No it doesn't support that narrative. The claim in the comment I'm replying to is that the masks made by those private manufacturers weren't defective at all, and that the European purchasers went on an unfair "media blitz to complain about shoddy Chinese made products" when actually it was their fault for ordering the wrong kind of masks. That claim is completely and utterly false. The kind of mask they'd ordered would've worked perfectly well for their purpose if it was actually as described rather than a shoddy imitation that was, to quote the Dutch media reports, "some sort of FFP0.8 at best" instead of the roughly FFP2 it should've been.