This wasn't people buying supplies for their family and friends back home.
At best, it was profiteering (hoping to resell at a steep markup), and at worst, it was an organized effort by the CCP to weaken other countries, including the US.
>My store is located in SoCal near a very young, Asian area. With the coronavirus news starting to catch more concern, the Asian population here is buying boxes and pallets of a specific 3M mask.
>This is store 1072 East Brea.
They also bought up all of our thermometers, as well as other medical supplies.
It's looking more and more like the CCP wanted this to become a global pandemic.
>More than two billion face masks sourced from countries around the world including Australia were sent to China at the height of the coronavirus epidemic in Wuhan, according to official figures released by the Chinese customs service.
>Employees of Chinese state-owned companies were directed to purchase whatever they could find in the way of masks and protective clothing to send back home in a massive humanitarian effort.
These people bought pallet-loads of masks, gloves, thermometers, and other supplies:
>https://old.reddit.com/r/SeattleWA/comments/euijsd/man_at_a_...
This wasn't people buying supplies for their family and friends back home.
At best, it was profiteering (hoping to resell at a steep markup), and at worst, it was an organized effort by the CCP to weaken other countries, including the US.