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Thanks for doing this. You're probably saving lives. So, obviously counterfeits are bad because they both steal profits from manufacturers and retailers who bu

Thanks for doing this. You're probably saving lives. So, obviously counterfeits are bad because they both steal profits from manufacturers and retailers who build quality products, and undermine trust in the real thing. But, those are harms to manufacturers and retailers--what's are the harms to customers? We see some mixed evidence on the effectiveness of homemade cloth masks, and better evidence that authentic KN95 and N95 masks are effective. Where do counterfeit KN95 and N95 masks fall in relation? Does imitation of look and feel of a KN95 or N95 imply some degree of imitating the effective features of these masks? These aren't rhetorical questions: I'm really asking because I haven't been able to find much information.

taylorhou 6y ago
ditto. we were importing masks from an FDA authorized manufacturer: Suzhou Sanical under their private label: Maskin Model 9015 and literally after delivering thousands of them, the CDC put out a PSA about FAKE Maskin masks. The boxes were similar but clearly knockoffs and it pretty much decimated the demand for Maskin branded masks even though we knew ours were authentic. Due to the bad press, the manufacturer then was put on notice by the Chinese government as well and ever since, we haven't been able to get a reliable amount of KN95's from them. There honestly isn't very much information out there right now on masks and the differences and we're erring on the side of only putting out facts versus subjective information.