Have you tried to get a hold of a protective mask recently?

Like just for yourself?

Yeah, you know, I need to.

David McSween is a reporter for ProPublica.

He's been holed up at home, like a lot of us lately.

When he goes out, he wears this knockoff N95 that he found a few weeks back.

And I know it's a knockoff because it has the ear loops and it's not a strap around

the back of my head.

So even if the material is in 95 grade, it doesn't pop for you the same protection.

Lately, David's been thinking about how he could get his hands on the real thing.

But he knows the market for masks right now.

It's crazy.

I picked up one of those masks at a grocery store and, you know, it was like six bucks,

which is about six times what it was four months ago.

Probably more because these are from China.

They're probably worth 40 cents.

But you know, it's like if it has some level of protection, I'm willing to pay it right

now.

I don't know.

I gotta talk to my managers about maybe paying out the nose for a couple of masks.

I know how David feels.

I tried to get masks recently.

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