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Business As Usual During The Pandemic, This Time Through Plexiglass

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Global demand for clear plastic barriers has quadrupled since the new coronavirus began spreading, and now there's a six-month waiting list for new orders. It's revived what had become an unprofitable industry.

An employee wearing a protective mask cleans a plexiglass barrier before reopening at a Bloomingdale's store in New York City on Monday, June 22, 2020.Jeenah Moon/Bloomberg via Getty Images

That's the story of the plexiglass industry these days: As many businesses struggle to reopen safely during the pandemic, from nail salons to barbershops to restaurants to casinos, they're installing protective barriers to try to prevent employees and customers from catching the virus. The crush of orders began in March, after the World Health Organization labeled the coronavirus outbreak a pandemic and recommended using glass or plastic barriers to reduce exposure to COVID-19.

 

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MattLorenzo shoulda bought stock

I can't wait to see where all of those masks, gloves, and shields end up -- I don't think the fish and the whales have any more room in their stomachs.

Glad there is a glut of oil. Takes a lot of petroleum to make that much plastic.

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Fuck the new normal.

Plastic will be around even after all of the nuclear waste has decayed.

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