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Probably the same people who got rich from government mandated masks... No one.

• version_five 4y ago
  The GP had a throwaway comment but yours is just wrong. Do you think the companies making all the masks did so out of altruism? Government mandates of various kinds, plus covid fear in general, made all kinds of people rich. They also made many people poor. Regardless of whether you support different mandates, there were massive profits everywhere from them
  • jjeaff 4y ago
    You can Google the stories of US mask manufacturers. Most were only able to sell for a little while before Chinese suppliers came back and undercut them again.
• konfusinomicon 4y ago
  that's delusional. there was rampant profiteering in the PPE industry, especially the companies that had government contract. the evidence of it is just 1 Google search away
  • jjeaff 4y ago
    Resellers, yes. But there are quite a few stories of how American mask manufacturers got the shaft after they spent money to ramp up production and then big buyers went immediately back to cheaper, foreign alternatives the moment they were available again. Now those manufacturers are stuck with huge supply gluts and have had to lay off workers.