U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officials intercepted about 500,000 counterfeit N95 masks from the mainland at Chicago airport. Schematic. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
Fake N95 masks from mainland China are flowing to the United States in large numbers amid the Communist Party’s viral Epidemic. According to reports, more than 10 million of these fake masks have been seized in the U.S. since the outbreak began, and they have even been sold or provided to government agencies in at least six states.
Recently, the Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), a major investigative unit of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, warned that in recent months, a large number of counterfeit N95 masks bearing the 3M trademark and labeled “Made in the USA” have appeared in multiple states, but the fake masks do not have the same protective power as 3M’s N95 masks.
3M, a major U.S. manufacturer of N95 masks, said that more than 10 million fake masks have been seized since the outbreak began, that fake masks have been sold or provided to government agencies in at least six states, and that they have received more than 10,000 requests to distinguish between real and fake masks.
U.S. officials overseeing fraud cases during the epidemic said the largest consistent source of the fake masks was the mainland.
Cassie Sauer, executive director of the Washington State Hospital Association, said about two million fake N95 masks entered Washington state. The fake N95 masks are so realistic that they not only have the 3M logo, straps and wires, but also come with sponge nose pads that look and feel like real 3M masks.
Sauer said that a number of fake masks have been used by hospital employees before the association received notification from the federal government and 3M.
Washington State Columbia County health System Executive McGuire (Shane McGuire) also said they are careful and vigilant about the source of goods, but more and more finely crafted, hard to distinguish the real fake masks, so they have no way to check.
In September 2020, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) also said that 500,000 fake N95 masks from the mainland, estimated to be worth more than $3 million, were seized at Chicago O’Hare International Airport.
CBP issued a statement saying that the masks came from Shenzhen, China, and were to be sent to a company in Manalapan, New Jersey, but were seized by customs when they arrived at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport on the 10th.
CBP sent 30 of the N95 masks to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) testing office in West Virginia for random testing and found that 10 percent of the masks had less than 95 percent filtration capacity.
CBP officials said the masks did not meet the safety standards set by the CDC, putting the public at risk and jeopardizing the health and well-being of all.
N95 masks are masks that meet the U.S. NIOSH air filtration rating of “N95” and can block 95% of non-oily particles 0.3 microns or larger in diameter, the most important feature of which is The prevention of droplet transmission caused by splashes of bodily fluids or blood from patients.
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