Global condom shortage looms as coronavirus shuts down production
Source: The Guardian
A global shortage of condoms is looming, the worlds biggest producer has said, after a coronavirus lockdown forced it to shut down production.
Malaysias Karex Bhd makes one in every five condoms globally. It has not produced a single condom in its three Malaysian factories for more than a week because of a lockdown imposed by the government to halt the spread of the virus.
That is already a shortfall of 100m condoms, normally marketed internationally by brands such as Durex, supplied to state healthcare systems such as Britains NHS or distributed by aid programmes such as the UN Population Fund.
The company was given permission to restart production on Friday, but with only 50% of its workforce, under a special exemption for critical industries.
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/27/global-condom-shortage-coronavirus-shuts-down-production
We're F'd
Flaleftist
(3,473 posts)htuttle
(23,738 posts)California_Republic
(1,826 posts)47of74
(18,470 posts)olddad65
(599 posts)the next baby boom has begun.
NickB79
(19,247 posts)DENVERPOPS
(8,835 posts)would even consider bringing a child into this fucked up mess?
Oh, that's right......a Trumphumper......
Journeyman
(15,035 posts)DENVERPOPS
(8,835 posts)The white house and Republican Senate have confiscated all available supplies. They figure they are gonna need all they can get in order to screw all the American people the ways they have planned.......
Midnight Writer
(21,768 posts)cstanleytech
(26,293 posts)47of74
(18,470 posts)Frustratedlady
(16,254 posts)DENVERPOPS
(8,835 posts)Too bad lardass's parents didn't believe in abortion......I'm sure he was a microcephalic that some how survived.......
not_the_one
(2,227 posts)Duh. (says the youngsters who just went from Mardi Gras to spring break, remaining chaste...)
Don't need no steenkin' condoms.
Nothing stops youth from making sex related bad decisions. (Been there, done THAT. Luckily, still alive.)
They'll just have to use the PPE face mask option, wash and re-use.
I admit it, I'm a sick puppy. I find humor in the weirdest places...
olddad65
(599 posts)Stallion
(6,474 posts)until the Pandemic is over
ornotna
(10,801 posts)olddad65
(599 posts)But they are so expensive.
customerserviceguy
(25,183 posts)IronLionZion
(45,447 posts)COVID baby boomers!
MontanaMama
(23,319 posts)being cut back in red states. What could go wrong?
edbermac
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forgotmylogin
(7,529 posts)JustABozoOnThisBus
(23,350 posts)Thumb concom, index condom, middle condom, ...
Joinfortmill
(14,427 posts)dogknob
(2,431 posts)Kaleva
(36,307 posts)la-trucker
(283 posts)and they are diverting to the production of latex gloves now.
BHDem53
(1,061 posts)would be much call for six foot long condoms.