obviously not China China, but China.
https://news.yahoo.com/faulty-masks-flawed-tests-chinas-171818787.html
Faulty masks. Flawed tests. China's quality control problem in leading global COVID-19 fight
Alice Su
April 10, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has ignited a worldwide scramble for medical gear: masks, gowns, ventilators, testing kits, much of it made in China, which is attempting to recast its image as the source of the virus to the leader in the fight against it.
But that narrative is threatened by a major problem: quality control.
A growing list of foreign complaints about faulty medical gear and testing kits imported from China has upset Beijing's designs. Within the last few weeks, scientists and health authorities in Spain, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Turkey and Britain have complained of faulty antigen or antibody coronavirus tests purchased from Chinese companies — in some cases, costing these governments millions of dollars.
Georgia has canceled a contract with the Chinese company that sent flawed test kits to Spain, and Malaysia has opted to buy testing kits from South Korea instead of China because of the Chinese tests’ reported low accuracy rate.
Last week, the Netherlands asked to return 600,000 face masks purchased from China that had inadequate filters and fit incorrectly. On Tuesday, Finland tested a shipment of personal protective equipment, or PPE, from China and found the items unsuitable for hospital use. Australian border officials have also reportedly seized 800,000 faulty or counterfeit masks from China.
The problem is worse at home. On March 12, officials at a State Council news briefing announced that authorities had seized more than 80 million counterfeit or faulty masks and 370,000 defective or fake disinfectants and other anti-coronavirus products in the prior month alone.
In some cases, defective masks have been reported after buyers purchase them online as a donation to Wuhan and other cities, only for medical staff to discover they can’t use them. China is trying to rein in its subpar PPE manufacturers. Authorities have detained dozens of counterfeiters and threatened those producing poor quality medical products with life imprisonment.
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https://www.usatoday.com/story/news...ed-china-dont-meet-standards-ecri/5806327002/
Up to 70% of KN95 masks imported from China don't meet filtration standards, study says
Adrianna Rodriguez
USA TODAY
A shortage of N95 masks forced hospitals to find alternatives to protect health care workers tending COVID-19 patients. Cue the KN95 mask.
As its name advertises, the KN95 mask is meant to filter out 95% of aerosol particles. However, nonprofit patient safety organization ECRI issued a high-priority hazard alert against these masks after an analysis found that up to 70% of KN95 masks imported from China did not meet these filtration standards.
U.S. hospitals purchased hundreds of thousands of KN95 masks produced in China over the past six months.
“We’re finding that many aren’t safe and effective against the spread of COVID-19,” said Dr. Marcus Schabacker, ECRI’s president and chief executive office. “Using masks that don’t meet U.S. standards puts patients and front-line health care workers at risk of infections.”
ECRI tested nearly 200 masks from 15 different manufacturer models purchased by some of the largest health systems in the country. Schabacker said there was not only variability among the different brands but also inconsistencies among masks made by the same manufacturer.
“We are concerned about the safety of health care workers and patients when using KN95s in high-risk procedures, and that’s why we sent out the hazard alert,” he said. “We don’t use this lightly; we reserve that for immediate risk.”
In April, the Food and Drug Administration issued an umbrella emergency use authorization for masks that are manufactured in China and not approved by the National Institutes of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH). The agency reissued the order in June.
Besides the filtration concerns, public health experts criticized KN95 masks for their inability to create a tight seal on someone’s face. N95 masks have head and neck straps; KN95s have ear loops.
“What’s important to realize is that it’s the tight-fitting seal on your face that gives the N95 superior protection, other than the actual high-quality filtering properties of the mask itself,” said Robert Glatter, an emergency physician at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City.
Schabacker said the ECRI analysis controlled for the KN95's inferior ear loops by taking them off and creating a seal when testing the models. This means that even if the KN95 mask had head and neck straps, it still wouldn’t protect health care workers to the degree that an N95 mask would.
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https://www.theblaze.com/news/nbc-p...t-chinese-tests-dont-work-masks-are-defective
NBC praised China for its medical supplies. Turns out, Chinese COVID-19 tests don't work, masks are defective.
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NBC declared: 'As U.S. struggles to stem coronavirus, China asserts itself as global leader'
CHRIS ENLOE
March 29, 2020
NBC News showered praise on China last week for shipping medical supplies and coronavirus test kits to countries now grappling with the coronavirus pandemic.
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"As U.S. struggles to stem coronavirus, China asserts itself as global leader," an NBC News headline blasted.
The story said:
With Italy in dire need of medical equipment, an economic superpower stepped in to help. No, not the United States. It was China.
But as it turns out, the majority of COVID-19 test kits and N95-like masks manufactured in China and shipped to countries in dire need are defective.
The Netherlands announced on Saturday that they were recalling more than 1 million defective Chinese-made masks, which were nearly deployed to the Dutch medical workforce.
China sent the Netherlands 1.3 million N95-type face masks. All of them are recalled, Dutch health ministry announc…
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Meanwhile, both Spain and the Czech Republic, which purchased rapid COVID-19 test kits from a Chinese bio company, found that few of the tests actually detected the virus.
The Washington Free Beacon reported:
In Spain, which currently has the fourth-highest number of coronavirus cases in the world, the government purchased 640,000 rapid test kits from China and South Korea as it fights the pandemic. Experts soon discovered, however, that the tests it purchased from Chinese company Bioeasy were only correctly identifying coronavirus cases 30 percent of the time, according to Spain's El Pais.
The Czech Republic also purchased 150,000 rapid test kits from China, and have likewise found problems. One doctor using the tests found that 80 percent of the kits were faulty and has reverted back to the conventional lab tests, which are significantly slower to process.
Turkey and the country of Georgia also had similar issues with the Chinese test kits, according to the Daily Beast.
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So we have had plenty of examples of the **** China exports. And we still get this **** from them. Will President Xiden do something? likely not.
https://visiontimes.com/2021/02/11/...its-from-china-sent-to-the-united-states.html
Counterfeit Masks and Test Kits from China sent to the United States
By
Steven Li
February 11, 2021
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) seized a significant number of counterfeit, unapproved, and substandard products related to COVID-19 during Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 from October 2019 to September 2020, which threaten the “health and safety of American consumers.”
According to a CBP report released this month, COVID-19 has profoundly affected the U.S. economy. Trade volume, specifically entry summary volume, decreased by eight percent in FY2020 compared to the previous year.
CBP seized 177,356 COVID-19 test kits prohibited by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 378 incidents, 12,709,390 counterfeit face masks in 352 incidents, and 38,098 FDA-prohibited chloroquine tablets in 221 incidents. Approximately 51% of seizures originated in China, with 53% of the overall seizures in express consignment environments. And 24% was from incoming mail. Collaboration between CBP and partner government agencies facilitated faster customs clearance processes and interception of more fraudulent materials.
Frequent counterfeit mask incidents
Before Christmas in 2020, 10,080 counterfeit surgical masks from China were seized in Cincinnati, Ohio, a recurrent theme throughout the year. Twenty-one shipping boxes labeled “3 Mask Model 1860,” with packaging that advertised “protection against communicable respiratory diseases.” The provided shipment information did not pass the 3M SafeGuard product authentication process.
The boxes were mislabeled as originating in the U.S. even though they came from a consumer electronics company in Shenzhen, China. The masks, which were addressed to a sales company in Union City, California, would have had a total manufacturer’s suggested retail price (MSRP) of $65,520 if they were genuine.
According to CBP, “Counterfeit products are not subjected to the same rigorous quality control standards as the genuine products, and that can be disastrous when innocent citizens expect a product to perform as advertised.” Cincinnati Port Director Richard Gillespie stated, “Our officers are not only protecting the integrity of the American economy through trademark enforcement, they are preventing potentially dangerous and faulty masks from being distributed to our frontline medical personnel. This underscores how counterfeiters completely disregard the human lives while padding their bank accounts.”
Another incident occurred in September 2020, when customs officials halted a shipment of 500,000 counterfeit N95 masks worth an estimated $474,905, if genuine. These masks originated from Shenzhen, China, and were addressed to a company in Manalapan, New Jersey. On December 6, 2020, counterfeit masks from Hong Kong arrived in the U.S., and a total of 6,080 3M masks were seized in freight by Cincinnati customs officials.
Intellectual property rights and forced labor violations
China is also one of the top sources of intellectual property rights (IPR) violations, with a decline of China imports resulting in an overall decrease in IPR seizures in FY2020 compared to FY2019.
Still, by the end of FY 2020, CBP was enforcing 18,757 active recorded copyrights and trademarks and seized 26,503 shipments with IPR violations. If assumed to be genuine products, the estimated total MSRP of the items would be over $1.3 billion. By partnering with industry members, other federal agencies, and foreign governments, CBP has been able to “fight cross-border trade of harmful and dangerous illicit goods.”
In FY2020, the CBP issued a $575,000 penalty to a U.S. company for importing stevia sweetener products made by forced prison labor in China. This was CBP’s first civil penalty for forced labor violations, which highlights the agency’s “commitment to identifying and preventing products made by forced labor from entering the U.S.” The agency is currently enforcing 44 active withhold release orders and seven active findings, with a record 13 new withhold release orders issued in FY2020. The value of detained cargo associated with the orders, including disposable gloves, seafood, and cotton, increased from $1.4 million to almost $50 million in FY2020. The majority of these items originated in China, with others coming from Malaysia and Malawi.
Flatten the curve with **** that doesnt work! then blame
OrangeMan!
