Texas company offered N95 masks amid coronavirus at 6 times usual price
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As health care professionals beg for supplies to protect themselves from COVID-19 infection, a Texas company found a seller with at least 2 million masks and quietly offered them for sale at $6 each. Before the pandemic, they cost around $1.
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Texas company offered N95 masks amid coronavirus at 6 times usual price
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