Posted on 10/25/2021 1:00:24 PM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
Millions of filthy, used medical gloves — some even obviously bloodstained — were imported into the US from Thailand amid a shortage of personal protective equipment during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a disturbing report.
A months-long investigation by CNN found that the soiled, second-hand nitrile gloves were shipped to desperate US distributors after import regulations were suspended at the start of the pandemic to address surging demand.
“There was just no other answer. There was no way to meet the demand,” industry expert Douglas Stein said told CNN.
“But that opened the floodgates for all the nefarious behavior.”
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
Billions of filthy face diapers laying around all over the place as well.
Yes.
A shortage? Not THAT much of a shortage. Return to sender.
On Amazon they have a choice button for the toilet paper purchases: New or Used.
Some people must spend all morning thinking about the answer.
we have been at war with east asia for a while now.
The nurse was not wearing gloves.
She explained there is now an environmental-medical policy in force at V.M. clinics that reduces the number of gloves used wherever possible.
She stated that the risk of blood to hand contact is so low, they no longer use gloves for flu shots.
Since flu vaccine comes in capped pre-measured syringes, I just said OK and let it pass.
However, this sounds like a high risk policy to me.
Wait until they find out that the biggest investors in those companies were CDC, NIH, FDA, Surgeon General and a host of big Progressives.
Return manufacturing back to the USA. I’ll pay more for product to stop having to buy crap from mongrels.
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