There was a government organized massive-buy back of masks by china in the early stages of the pandemic via marshalled parallel traders. https://en.wikipedia.o

There was a government organized massive-buy back of masks by china in the early stages of the pandemic via marshalled parallel traders. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parallel_trading_in_Hong_Kong https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parallel_trading_in_Hong_Kong Globalization came to bite the hand that easily gave production out of hand for single-use items.