“Can you buy masks?”
This is the topic that concerns everyone most during the epidemic.
Since the outbreak of the new coronavirus pneumonia, news about mask shortages, sellers not delivering goods, and fake masks have appeared frequently on social platforms. In addition to the epidemic prevention materials requisitioned by the state and shipped to the front line, for ordinary consumers, purchasing sufficient, regular and standard masks is the biggest problem at the moment.
Masks are a necessity to fight the epidemic. In offline pharmacies and community committees in Shanghai, Xiamen and other places, purchase restriction policies have been implemented. Masks are purchased by appointment on a household basis. Masks are distributed to residents, and no more than 5 masks can be received at a time.
This can solve some emergency needs. But for more regions, and for people who need to go out to work as they resume work, the purchase speed of masks as consumables cannot keep up with the consumption speed.
Looking for masks offline is time-consuming and risky. As a result, e-commerce has become the largest carrier of demand for masks. People staying at home are eagerly searching the entire Internet for links to masks that allow them to place orders.
Since February, many anxious citizens have discovered that even if they buy masks online, they may not be able to use them – delayed delivery is the most common situation; If the goods are delivered, the order will still face the risk of false delivery and the goods are three-no products.
E-commerce chaos occurs frequently
On February 7, according to Hunan Province According to a report from the Changsha Municipal Procuratorate, Changsha prosecutors intervened in advance in three cases of selling fake Piaoan masks uncovered by the Changsha Public Security Bureau. In the three cases detected by the Changsha police, a total of 1.97 million fake “Piao’an” masks flowed into the Hunan market. The common feature of these fake “Piao’an” masks is that they have only a thin layer and can be broken when pulled.
Counterfeiters purchase fake products from illegal channels at a price of 0.3 yuan/piece, and then resell the fake masks into the market at a price of 0.75 yuan to 1 yuan/piece. These Counterfeit goods often end up in clinics, pharmacies, supermarkets and micro-businesses.
In the case of Gaoqiao Medical Circulation Park in Changsha City, 1 million masks flowed into the hands of clinics, pharmacies, supermarkets and micro-businessmen through reselling. Counterfeiters only resold them. Illegal profit of 450,000 yuan.
Among the flows of fake masks, e-commerce is the hardest hit area.
Ms. Shi, who lives in Shanghai, was one of the first victims of fake masks. On January 20, when the epidemic broke out, she worked at a store called “Xinjiaan Medical Equipment Specialty” Purchased 100 masks from Taobao store. According to the public store information, the store was established on September 1, 2018, with a positive rating of 100%, and an evaluation of 4.7 points in the description and service columns.
Seven days later, Ms. Shi successfully received the masks, but these masks were visibly fake. The thin mask has only one layer of cloth and can even transmit light under the sun.
Ms. Shi quickly reported it to the platform, applied for a refund, and turned to the entity Pharmacy purchasing channels. But with people frantically scrambling for masks, it has become difficult for Ms. Shi to buy any more masks.
On January 21, Wan Liang searched for “KN95 masks” on the Tmall platform and entered the “Xiangtiange Flagship” store that was ranked higher and shipped from Jinhua. Store” and finally selected a “anti-bacterial N95 mask” and bought a box of 30 masks for 155 yuan. The merchant promised free shipping with SF Express.
After receiving the product, Wan Liang discovered that the actual product did not have an outer box or a number. More importantly, the masks are not stamped with the authentic trademarks in the official pictures. There is no product name, no factory name, factory address and production date. This is a “three-no” mask. Wanliang filed a refund application with customer service, and the merchant quickly agreed to refund.
In response, the relevant person in charge of Alibaba responded that Juhuasuan’s tens of billions of subsidies to the official WeChat account Bo Zeng issued an article on January 26 to clarify that the Xiangtiange flagship store did have problems with some product labels being unqualified, and the platform had dealt with it accordingly.
In the official statement of Xiangtiange flagship store, the merchant stated that temporary workers were not familiar with the goods, which led to some products being shipped by mistake. Wrong-shipped products can be refunded unconditionally. A mask quality inspection report is also attached. However, this explanation does not satisfy Wan Liang. He believes that the failure to claim for products with “three noes” is a kind of “inaction” on the part of the platform.
Compared with what happened to Wan Liang, what happened to Miss Su in Beijing was even more bizarre. A “friend” who made it out of thin air collected her mask on her behalf.
On January 23, Ms. Su and her friends ordered a 3M9132 mask on the Pinduoduo platform, with a box of 30 masks priced at 143.5 yuan. Ten days later, according to the logistics information on Pinduoduo, this product was shipped by STO and shipped from Shanxi Province on February 6. The express arrived in Beijing on February 7. It was shown that it had been signed for in the afternoon, and the signee was shown as “Friend” “.
However, Ms. Su did not receive the goods in reality and was responsible for the delivery.At 5.3 billion. If we calculate based on a population of 1.4 billion and distribute the masks produced in 2019 to the people across the country, each person will only get 3.8 masks per year on average.
Huang Libin, spokesperson of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and director of the Operation Monitoring and Coordination Bureau, said at a previous press conference that my country is the world’s largest mask producer and exporter, with the largest production capacity More than 20 million per day. N95 medical protective masks are the focus of everyone’s attention, but the current output of N95 medical protective masks is only 600,000 per day.
Wang Wei, Director of the Department of Raw Materials Industry of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, explained that there are many reasons why masks cannot be purchased: One is that disinfection supplies manufacturers were unable to purchase masks during the outbreak. The overall operating rate is not high, and production capacity has not been fully released; secondly, the entire industry chain is subject to phased constraints, and most packaging bottle manufacturers have not resumed work during the epidemic.
Production capacity is gradually recovering. On February 9, Chen Da, deputy director of the Economic and Trade Department of the National Development and Reform Commission, said that in addition to Hubei Province, 30 other provinces across the country have made arrangements for enterprises to resume work and production. As of February 7, the resumption rate of mask manufacturers nationwide in terms of production capacity has reached 73%, of which the production capacity utilization rate of medical masks has reached 87%; the resumption rate of nationally monitored grain production and processing enterprises has reached 94.6%.
However, it must be noted that even if mask production capacity is fully restored or even doubled, it will not be able to meet the needs of 1.4 billion people for one mask every day.
Therefore, for ordinary people who need to wear masks when traveling, they can only find some reliable ways to buy regular masks; in addition, they must scientifically and rationally reuse existing masks. Some masks.
According to incomplete statistics from reporters: Currently, South Korean KF94 masks can be pre-ordered on Xiaomi Youpin and Suning Jiwu; the Miniso app can be pre-sold on a one-time basis Sex masks; 15 KN95 masks for 399 yuan can be purchased in the Yangquan APP; Zhende Medical, Paton Medical and other medical device product flagship stores on JD.com and Tmall will also restock masks from time to time.
In order to trace the model and source of masks, Suning.com launched the “Epidemic Protection Medical Supplies Manufacturing Enterprise Query” function on February 7. You can use the company name and product The name of the mask can be queried to obtain the manufacturer information and usage scope of the mask. The system also supports information traceability of medical supplies such as protective clothing and medical caps.
Zhao Xu, a clinician at the Antibiotic Research Institute of Huashan Hospital and now a doctor at the Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center, also agrees with the practice of reusing masks when resources are scarce.
He told Jiemian News that in cities with mainly imported cases such as Shanghai, there is less mutual transmission between residents. In fact, everyone’s masks are not worn when going out. “Dirty”, if we keep a distance of more than one meter, go out less often, and everyone wears a mask, the virus can be effectively prevented and controlled, and the consumption of masks can also be reduced.
At the press conference of the Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism of the State Council held on February 11, Wu Zunyou, chief epidemiologist at the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, also said that some people wear seven or eight masks at a time There is absolutely no need to go out. For ordinary people, masks can be reused, and there is no need to throw them away immediately after making a phone call and drinking water. As long as they insist on wearing masks in places where people gather and wash hands frequently, ordinary people can effectively prevent the virus. Control the new coronavirus.
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