We do n’t eat or drink water, we just want to save a protective suit.

The mask, which was changed in four hours, took 12 hours to bite the bullet.

Thirty nights of the New Year, everyone paid tribute to the medical staff who were advancing against the wind while worrying about their medical environment.

Since the epidemic, there has been a shortage of mask resources across the country, and many hospitals have directly requested material support from the public.

Before the press release, according to the CCTV News report, with the recovery of mask production and social support, the situation of many hospitals that had previously been in urgent need has improved, but the demand is still outstanding.

But it is strange that under the circumstances that masks are so scarce, the “mask purchase” and “mask agents” circulating in the circle of friends and other places say that they can easily take out hundreds, thousands or even tens of thousands in stock. This can’t help but make people wonder, where did their goods come from?

Selling fake masks, the daily turnover is up to one million?

Daily figures recently reported that before the outbreak, the inventory of medical surgical masks in many hospitals was only about a week.

The manufacturer itself will not have a large inventory because of the high inventory cost. Coupled with the fact that the Spring Festival logistics is blocked, the market demand has suddenly increased and other reasons, it is difficult to buy masks, it is nailed.

Before the outbreak, the average N95 mask was less than 5 yuan. After the outbreak, the unit price was close to 25 yuan at one time, almost quadrupling. But even in this case, it is still “difficult to find.”

Due to the new pneumonia epidemic, masks have almost become the “New Year’s Best Products” that households must grab during the Spring Festival this year, but they have also become the “financial products” in the eyes of some people.

So many people moved their ideas.

On January 26, there are rumors that 7 million fake 3M masks will flow into the market.

Although according to the Beijing News, it was confirmed in a subsequent operation by the police that the so-called 7 million fake masks were just a “brave” of fake mask sales staff, which was not true.

But in recent days, the local market supervision and administration bureaus have investigated and dealt with many fake and shoddy mask production and sales sites in Yiwu, Jingdezhen, Luohe and other places. Hundreds of thousands of fake masks have been seized.

Even though many places are already actively combating these counterfeiting behaviors, many netizens have stated online and onlineI bought fake masks. Colleagues from the editorial department of Aifaner also bought 3M masks that were suspected of being counterfeit. From this we believe that many problem masks have already flowed into the market.

In fact, it is not the first time that such things as selling fake masks have caused the country to make trouble.

In 2003, SARS broke out. Xiantao City, where the masks are mainly produced, once carried out a “beheading operation” in which the police seized and destroyed 55,000 problematic masks.

In 2009, the first class raged. CCTV’s “Economic Half an Hour” exposure is also from the mask workshop of Xiantao City. More than one million problematic masks were seized locally in the next two days.

The epidemic is like looking at a demon mirror.

According to netizens, fake masks are very profitable, and the daily turnover can even reach 200,000 to 1 million yuan.

But most of the filters used in these fake and inferior masks are of low quality and inferior quality. Some of them also emit a pungent odor, which can easily cause allergies and even poisoning. Not only is the protective property zero, it can even cause harm to the body.

And if these problem masks are sent to the medical front line for use, the consequences are even more unimaginable.

How to distinguish fake masks and some questions about masks

Since there are so many fake masks on the market, how should we distinguish between genuine and fake masks?

3M China has published a guide to anti-counterfeiting of 3M masks on its official Weibo. According to the guidelines, consumers can discern authenticity by scanning the QR code on the box or by observing the anti-counterfeiting mark on the box.

However, because most consumers buy 3M masks in bulk, without an outer box, it is difficult to tell through the above method. This part of the consumption can be identified by the following methods (pictures and methods from Zhihu users @Oxalate Jun):

1. Observe the mask facing the light source. The unevenness of the light transmission on the mask surface is fake (multi-brand application).

▲ Left: True Honeywell, Center: True 3M, Right: False 3M

2. When worn correctly, genuine masks will have significant indentation when breathing (multi-brand application).

3. The fake “3M” font will have obvious spacing.

▲ Left: True 3M, Right: False 3M

4. The fonts on the masks are laser printed with genuine prints, diagonal print, fake prints with ink, and dots.

▲ Left: True 3M, Right: False 3M

5. There is no serial code or the same as the fake serial code. Each mask of the real article has its own independent serial code. The last five digits of the serial code #E are the production date.

▲ Left: True 3M, Right: False 3M

6. The genuine lock is almost completely transparent, while the fake is translucent.

▲ In the same picture, left: true 3M, right: false 3M

In addition, do n’t think that only N95 masks are sold, and some fake medical masks are also exposed online.

Although there is no systematic identification method, you can still check whether the manufacturer has the production qualification through the official website of the Food and Drug Administration (pictures and methods from the netizens: salted fish eggplant) pot).

Everyone can also check from the purchase channels, try to buy through the channels such as Ali Health Pharmacy, Ding Dong Express, and official flagship stores on various e-commerce platforms.

If you really need to buy masks at Taobao’s unofficial flagship store, you need to be extra careful, try to avoid some shops whose main products are not related to masks, or that have only recently started selling masks.

At present, most N95 mask suppliers have given priority to first-line medical battlefields. For ordinary consumers, I believe that N95 masks will still be difficult to buy in the short term, so in this case, we will also market The common masks are sorted according to the protection strength for your reference:

Be honest at home ＞ Medical N95 ＞ Ordinary N95 / KN95 ＞ Medical surgical masks (the above four kinds of effects are the best) ＞ KN90 ＞ Ordinary disposable medical masks ＞ Cotton / gauze / activated carbon masks ＞ Do not wear masks everywhere Shopping

There is also a question about the length of time the mask is used. Do you need to change it in four hours?

In this regard, Xie Wangshi, Ph.D. of Pharmacology, said on Tencent’s true platform that, in general, after long-term use, the mask will indeed affect the subsequent protection effect. However, we are currently in a major outbreak of infectious diseases. If N95 masks are changed every 4 hours, medical supplies will soon dry up.

So, you can extend or re-use the N95 mask if you can accept it, but you must ensure that the mask remains suitable and its proper function, if it is damaged, it can not fit the face completely, or is otherwise suspected Pollution, water, etc. must be discarded in time.

In addition, we help you collect all the rumors about the use of masks at once:

  • The hair dryer can be sterilized by blowing against the mask with a strong gear (false)
  • Respiratory injury caused by wearing N95 mask for more than half an hour (false)
  • Wearing multiple masks can effectively prevent the virus (false)
  • Poor N95 mask straps / prolonged wearing can cause hypoxia and dizziness (true)
  • After the mask is used up, it needs to be sterilized by high temperature or alcohol, and it must be cut off before being thrown away (true)
  • The correct way to wear a mask: when you are sick, the color is facing outwards, and you do n’t have a cold to reverse (false)
  • N95 masks that have been used for a long time can be used after being disinfected (false)
  • N95 mask with breathing valve is useless for new coronavirus (false)

    Finally, we also want to do a simple method for those who are making problem masks or are preparing to do it:

    What you have done is no longer as simple as selling and making fakes.

    According to Article 2 of the Interpretation of Several Issues Concerning the Specific Application of the Law in Handling Criminal Cases That Hinder the Prevention and Control of Disasters of Infectious Diseases and Other Disasters, introduced in 2003, during the prevention and control of disasters of infectious diseases and other disasters, Those who produce or sell counterfeit products for prevention and control, protection, or materials shall be identified and severely punished for the crime of producing or selling counterfeit products.

    If during the spread of a severe epidemic, you know that the production and sale of fake and shoddy masks can easily lead to serious consequences such as infection or death, you can also consider the crime of intentional injury (lethal).

    Ancient clouds, do not seek misfortunes, and do not collect ill-gotten wealth.

    You know, these rich ways you can think ofIt’s all written in the criminal law. I urge you to be kind.

    The title picture comes from the movie “I’m not a medicine god”