Keep your eyes open when buying masks: In pharmacies, drug stores, department stores and petrol stations, breathing masks with dubious effects and origin are often offered unknowingly

Mouth and nose protection (MNS) and breathing masks with FFP 2 or FFP 3 filters (comparable to so-called KN95, N95 or DS2 respirators) are in greater demand than ever before due to the worldwide corona pandemic. Anyone currently searching for protective masks in the usual search engines is literally inundated with “immediately available breathing masks” and in the meantime even petrol station chains, DIY stores and of course pharmacies have masks on offer, so that you could get the impression that the supply bottleneck of the last few weeks and months has vanished into thin air.  But is this really the case?

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