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Coronavirus: world braces for condom shortage after Malaysia lockdown shuts top producer
South China Morning Post ^ | March 28, 2020 | (Reuters)

Posted on 03/28/2020 10:45:34 AM PDT by BobL

A global shortage of condoms is looming, the world’s biggest producer 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 from its three Malaysian factories for more than a week due to a lockdown imposed by the government to halt the spread of the virus.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: babies; condom; malaysia; noraincoats; pua; rubbershortage; sloots; slutwalk
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To: BobL
Just wash 'em out and re-use until they break!😎
21 posted on 03/28/2020 10:58:17 AM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: BobL

Fun facts:

Where ARE Condoms Made?
Trojan: U.S.A.
NaturaLamb: U.S.A.
Durex: Spain, U.K., India, and Thailand.
LifeStyle: India and Thailand.
Kimono: Japan.
Beyond Seven and Crown: Japan.

70% of condoms purchased in drugstores are Trojans.


22 posted on 03/28/2020 10:59:14 AM PDT by plain talk
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To: BobL

“A global shortage of condoms is looming”

Does aquarium cleaner work?


23 posted on 03/28/2020 11:00:48 AM PDT by Ouchthatonehurt
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To: BobL

What will they call the corona virus generation born nine months from now? Coronials?


24 posted on 03/28/2020 11:01:34 AM PDT by READINABLUESTATE (I'm essential!)
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To: BobL

A baby boom would be a great thing.


25 posted on 03/28/2020 11:02:09 AM PDT by vladimir998 ( Apparently I'm still living in your head rent free. At least now it isn't empty.)
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To: crusty old prospector
"Here come the jokes..."

In days of old,
When Knights were bold,
And rubbers weren't invented.
They put a sock on their co*k
And babies were prevented.

26 posted on 03/28/2020 11:03:10 AM PDT by mass55th ("Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." ~~ John Wayne)
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To: antidemoncrat

Awww...I didn’t see your post before I posted the same thing.


27 posted on 03/28/2020 11:04:43 AM PDT by mass55th ("Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." ~~ John Wayne)
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To: plain talk

“Where ARE Condoms Made?
Trojan: U.S.A.
NaturaLamb: U.S.A.”

LOL - good one! (as if they can produce any without the ‘raw materials’)


28 posted on 03/28/2020 11:05:33 AM PDT by BobL
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To: BobL

29 posted on 03/28/2020 11:08:41 AM PDT by Veggie Todd (Voltaire: "Religion began when the first scoundrel met the first fool".)
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To: READINABLUESTATE

The Co-Boom Generation


30 posted on 03/28/2020 11:09:07 AM PDT by twister881
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To: Quality_Not_Quantity

And so the balance between life and death is restored.


31 posted on 03/28/2020 11:12:03 AM PDT by reg45 (Barack 0bama: Gone but not forgiven.)
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To: napscoordinator

The ramifications of the quarantine....


32 posted on 03/28/2020 11:16:59 AM PDT by reg45 (Barack 0bama: Gone but not forgiven.)
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To: napscoordinator

The ramifications of the quarantine....


33 posted on 03/28/2020 11:17:17 AM PDT by reg45 (Barack 0bama: Gone but not forgiven.)
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To: BobL

a shortage coming? Time to stock up and corner the market on Amazon..... (-:


34 posted on 03/28/2020 11:17:31 AM PDT by llevrok (Avoid the virus. Don't touch strange knobs.)
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To: john drake
All those married couples who are stuck at home from lock-down should keep it in their pants too?
35 posted on 03/28/2020 11:17:49 AM PDT by SmokingJoe
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To: BobL

There is always Saran Wrap ……..

Have a funny story about this from friend when was medical student in ER


36 posted on 03/28/2020 11:19:27 AM PDT by njslim
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To: Jeff Chandler

How many kids named Covid, Novell, or K’Rona will be born nine months from now?

You mean no more Tyronne or Lakeshia ….???


37 posted on 03/28/2020 11:20:52 AM PDT by njslim
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To: BobL

Millenials birthing a new boomer generation. Sweet irony in that! lmao


38 posted on 03/28/2020 11:24:04 AM PDT by IndependentGranny
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To: Jeff Chandler

K’Rona is not that bad.


39 posted on 03/28/2020 11:24:35 AM PDT by madison10
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To: mass55th

So? Great Minds often run alike!


40 posted on 03/28/2020 11:28:06 AM PDT by Savage Beast (Curse of intelligence: Having to watch the morons try everything you know won't work!)
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