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hunter

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16. Some of these masks are sold honestly by Chinese distributors...

Reply to CountAllVotes (Reply #12)

Tue Aug 18, 2020, 07:25 PM

Aug 2020

... to U.S. Americans who repackage or relabel them to sell as something they are not.

The U.S. ain't that special. There are con men on both sides of the Pacific.

We have one in the White House.

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Is there a way to verify that a KN95 is not a fake? [View all] LAS14 Aug 2020 OP

NIOSH (part of CDC) certifies them and has a webpage on avoiding counterfit N95 masks hlthe2b Aug 2020 #1

Wow! Thanks!!! nt LAS14 Aug 2020 #4

Ah. But KN95 masks are NOT approved by the CDC because they're approved by the Chinese.... LAS14 Aug 2020 #5

If they are authorized to sell them as an N95 mask in this country then have to be NIOSH-certifed hlthe2b Aug 2020 #7

They're NOT N95. They're Chinese. Same filtration. Used by the Chinese medical community. nt LAS14 Aug 2020 #8

They are intended to be N95 equivalents. Please go to the source I gave you hlthe2b Aug 2020 #9

Another difference is that there is fit testing for N95 masks not KN95 masks mucifer Aug 2020 #20

Exactly... And as a HCW myself still experiencing shortages (along with many colleagues) hlthe2b Aug 2020 #21

KN95 masks that FDA allows to be imported under a NIOSH equivalence designation hlthe2b Aug 2020 #10

Enough of this boot licking CountAllVotes Aug 2020 #12

Some of these masks are sold honestly by Chinese distributors... hunter Aug 2020 #16

So we allow this to continue? CountAllVotes Aug 2020 #22

I can tell you right now that the masks in the OP can't be NIOSH approved as NIOSH doesn't approve LisaL Aug 2020 #14

That is correct. I didn't see where she was discussing masks for children, but NIOSH does NOT hlthe2b Aug 2020 #18

Check out this page by the CDC, it has some good information. cayugafalls Aug 2020 #2

Excellent info. here CountAllVotes Aug 2020 #13

A legit KN95 mask typically has straps that go around your head, rather than just around the ear. kysrsoze Aug 2020 #3

Are you saying that there are no masks claiming to be KN95 but which don't have... LAS14 Aug 2020 #6

That's definetely not true. LisaL Aug 2020 #15

Wow is right! CountAllVotes Aug 2020 #11

These guys are expensive but they sell the real deal. Websites started by Medium.com. cayugafalls Aug 2020 #17

Thank you! CountAllVotes Aug 2020 #23

I am right there with you. cayugafalls Aug 2020 #24

Thanks! CountAllVotes Aug 2020 #25

NIOSH doesn't approve mask for kids. LisaL Aug 2020 #19

Spam deleted by MIR Team juneleaf Aug 2020 #26

Thanks so much! nt LAS14 Aug 2020 #27