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Renew Deal

(81,802 posts)
Fri Mar 27, 2020, 10:20 PM Mar 2020

Global condom shortage looms as coronavirus shuts down production

Source: The Guardian

A global shortage of condoms is looming, the world’s biggest producer has said, after a coronavirus lockdown forced it to shut down production.

Malaysia’s 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 Britain’s 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



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Global condom shortage looms as coronavirus shuts down production (Original Post) Renew Deal Mar 2020 OP
Here come the Corona babies. Flaleftist Mar 2020 #1
Caronials htuttle Mar 2020 #4
I like it. California_Republic Mar 2020 #27
There's always Rosie Palm... 47of74 Mar 2020 #2
I love Rosie. She wears my ring. olddad65 Mar 2020 #17
Yep Bev54 Mar 2020 #3
Or the next STD/HIV epidemic NickB79 Mar 2020 #12
who, in their right mind DENVERPOPS Mar 2020 #21
Oh, man, we are so-o-o-o not screwed . . . Journeyman Mar 2020 #5
Actually DENVERPOPS Mar 2020 #20
Honey Badger don't need no rubbers. Midnight Writer Mar 2020 #26
We have the results of the last major shortage currently in the Oval Office. cstanleytech Mar 2020 #6
Or the results of someone not having a headache one night 47of74 Mar 2020 #7
Considering the occupant of the Oval, is "shortage" a pun or slip of the tongue? Just sayin'. Frustratedlady Mar 2020 #8
good one ..... DENVERPOPS Mar 2020 #28
With social distancing, no fucking. not_the_one Mar 2020 #9
Oh, it is 6 FEET, my mistake. I thought it was inches. olddad65 Mar 2020 #18
They Can Have Mine-Since I'm Single I'm Reapplying for Virgin Status With the Pope... Stallion Mar 2020 #10
Damn! ornotna Mar 2020 #11
I like those ones that are made from the skin of another man's penis olddad65 Mar 2020 #19
Hey, then that means it's not casual sex. n/t customerserviceguy Mar 2020 #29
OK Boomers IronLionZion Mar 2020 #13
No condoms and abortion services MontanaMama Mar 2020 #14
Condoms should be used on every conceivable occasion. edbermac Mar 2020 #15
This message was self-deleted by its author man4allcats Mar 2020 #16
I wondered if they'd shifted focus to making rubber gloves. forgotmylogin Mar 2020 #22
Packaged as a five-pack. JustABozoOnThisBus Mar 2020 #23
As if the world didn't have enough problems Joinfortmill Mar 2020 #24
In 13 or so years, will we end up calling them the QuaranTEENS? dogknob Mar 2020 #25
lol Renew Deal Mar 2020 #33
There appears to be no shortage of Saran Wrap though. Kaleva Mar 2020 #30
The same factories that make condoms are the ones that make gloves la-trucker Mar 2020 #31
I wouldn't think there BHDem53 Mar 2020 #32
Trump will handle the shortage - they are thin, dry, and tiny. Elwood P Dowd Mar 2020 #34

DENVERPOPS

(8,679 posts)
21. who, in their right mind
Sat Mar 28, 2020, 06:06 AM
Mar 2020

would even consider bringing a child into this fucked up mess?

Oh, that's right......a Trumphumper......

DENVERPOPS

(8,679 posts)
20. Actually
Sat Mar 28, 2020, 06:03 AM
Mar 2020

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.......

DENVERPOPS

(8,679 posts)
28. good one .....
Sat Mar 28, 2020, 05:16 PM
Mar 2020

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)
9. With social distancing, no fucking.
Fri Mar 27, 2020, 11:05 PM
Mar 2020

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...

Stallion

(6,473 posts)
10. They Can Have Mine-Since I'm Single I'm Reapplying for Virgin Status With the Pope...
Fri Mar 27, 2020, 11:11 PM
Mar 2020

until the Pandemic is over

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la-trucker

(283 posts)
31. The same factories that make condoms are the ones that make gloves
Sat Mar 28, 2020, 08:16 PM
Mar 2020

and they are diverting to the production of latex gloves now.

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