Coronavirus may spark a devastating global condom shortage

A global condom shortage is looming as the coronavirus pandemic shutters factories and disrupts supply chains, the world’s top maker of the contraceptives said, with the United Nations warning of “devastating” consequences.

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– News covered by Quincy Quarry News with commentary added.

Coronavirus may spark a devastating global condom shortage.

By far the bulk of world’s condom production is located within a geographic triangle bounded by Malaysia, India, and China, a region already hit and likely to be hit even more by the virus.

FYI: In this context, “Chill” is a code word …
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As previously reported by Quincy Quarry, COVID-19 has already giving rise to ruptures in the condom supply chain given all manner of impediments, ranging from plant closures to transportation disruptions.

While the domestic on shelves retail inventories of condoms are currently in better shape than is the case with toilet paper and paper towels, it is only a matter of time before established couples will have streamed their brains out and the urge to merge will drive self-absorbed and self-indulgent working remotely millennials back to swiping right on Tinder and “more.”

In the meanwhile, condom supplies in developing countries are already far thinner than an extra sensitive wrapper.

Metro Manila’s infamous Burgos Street has been deemed non-essential.
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For but one example of bad things are for the sexually active overseas, Quincy Quarry’s media brethren at Anti Corruption Digest’s headquarters in Manila, the corruption capital of world, report that it has been impossible to score a condom for weeks even though major condom producer Malaysia is relatively nearby.

Source: Coronavirus may spark ‘devastating’ global condom shortage

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