Letters | As coronavirus rages, governments must bring mask prices under control
I think it is time to open our eyes and realise that unscrupulous businesses and entrepreneurs are making tonnes of money on the back of all the people involved in the fight against the novel coronavirus (which is more than half of the world’s population).
The stakes are high and the profits are unimaginably high. Simple entry-level masks worth a few US cents each are sold by the million, if not billion, at hugely inflated prices of over 40 cents.
Isn’t it time for governments to coordinate and regulate the market? Maximum price levels should be set and controlled, so goods flow properly to each client.
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This should be an easy task for a centrally led communist regime, as China says it is. An easy task as well for mediators and importing countries, whereby import duties should be scrapped and maximum prices set.
Is it ethical and acceptable to make huge profits on basic medical supplies when over 3.7 million people are infected and more than 260,000 have already died? In my eyes, this is a shameful business.
Robert J. Mik, Singapore
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