Four times more expensive than 84 disinfectant easily decomposed hypochlorous acid is worth?

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“Good New Year! I sent you the N95 mask, antigen, and allium purgative for backup. May the winter pass as soon as possible and spring come soon!” Just this past New Year’s Day, many people have been sunshine they received this year’s “New Year’s gift”. This reporter noticed that the current masks, antigens and other epidemic prevention materials and cold medicine, is becoming a good gift for the holiday.

In the past few days, the reporter visited the market and found that, with the gradual increase in the production capacity of epidemic prevention materials, the supply of antigen, N95 masks and other products is gradually adequate; many intermediaries even began to sell previously hoarded antigen products at low prices in social platforms; hypochlorite disinfectant as a household disinfection also “fire” out of the circle, but its price is higher than the ordinary 84 disinfectant several times higher.

Masks, antigens, drugs, oximeters become hot New Year’s gifts

“coincides with the end of the year need to visit the company’s large customers, taking into account that now send health is the best gift, so we recently purchased a number of N95 masks, antigen and patchouli water, ibuprofen and Lianhua clearing capsule and other drugs”, a financial institution sales department told reporters that this year they prepared for customers at the end of the gift Unlike previous years, they have become medicine and epidemic prevention supplies, “customers who received the goods have lamented that these are now hard currency”.

Currently, as more and more people are concerned about the problem of “silent hypoxia”, in addition to drugs and masks, oxygen meters, respirators and other medical devices have also become the “meat and potatoes”.

Recently, Ms. Zhu, a white-collar worker in Guangzhou, added two copies of oximeters when preparing to send home the New Year’s Eve, “I heard that some cases are missed because the best treatment time is not timely, so I still have to buy oximeters for the elderly at home”. According to Ms. Zhu, her purchase of oximeters did not go smoothly, “last week I searched on many e-commerce platforms, basically the better sales ranking oximeters are on pre-sale mode, or show out of stock”, and finally she consulted customer service at an online store that ranked in the top ten in sales, and learned that it could be shipped within 48 hours and purchased. “But two or three days after the order was not shipped, and I went to ask customer service each other did not reply, so I returned the goods.”

The reporter learned that the last Ms. Zhu in a friend introduced medical equipment supplier ordered two oximeters, “because the other side said two from the delivery, I bought one more to send relatives”, and the supplier also said that the current oximeter products are in short supply, “only about 500 units on hand, and most The supplier also said the current oximeter products are in short supply, “only about 500 units are in stock, and most of them are purchased by hospitals.

Antigen reagents are being sold, 50 products have been approved by the State Drug Administration

“At present, the store antigen, blood oxygen meter are sufficient.” Recently, the reporter visited a number of offline pharmacies and found that, unlike the previous state of shortage, the supply of epidemic prevention materials, including antigens, N95 masks, oximeters, etc., increased in stores, and some pharmacies even placed N95 masks, antigen detection reagents at the door or counter prominently, and hit the sale price.

The reporter saw in a community pharmacy in Jinshazhou, an antigen reagent test kit of AODE Zhongke hit the price of 147.5 yuan / 25 people, and another antigen reagent test kit of LP Diagnostics for 59 yuan / 10 people, the price of both products is reduced to 5.9 yuan for one person. Another pharmacy counter piled up many antigen detection reagent products, a single antigen priced at 7 yuan; next to the N95 mask 5 yuan / a, the clerk said, buy two boxes of single price can be as low as 4 yuan / a.

“Oximeter arrived, come and buy if you need it”. It is noteworthy that last week’s mad rush was once in the “out of stock” state of blood oxygen meter offline also has the stock. When the reporter visited, he noticed that the finger clip pulse oximeter different pharmacies arrived in different brands, the price in 199 yuan, 215 yuan or so.

“out 25 antigens, 4 yuan / piece, postage paid, positioning Guangzhou” “big brother attention, Beijing hot scene biological factory direct supply antigens, single single box, spot 4000 yuan, support video inspection …… Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei can be pulled directly to the door, the single price of 7 yuan, large quantities from the best” …… The reporter noticed that when the former online platform of the transfer, acquisition situation more active.

The “antigen super talk” microblogging found that many middlemen began to transfer their hands hoarded antigens, thermometers and other products; at the same time, there are also a lot of people to buy antigens. A netizen from Fujian posted a blog saying, “online antigen, a 7.8 yuan are acceptable, closer to me, the best immediately can be shipped!” The following comments have a number of users from Shenzhen, Shandong, Guangzhou, Wenzhou and Fujian left messages that they have goods, can be sent by SF.

Antigen detection reagent products are also speeding up the approval rate. The reporter learned from the State Drug Administration official website, December 30, the State Drug Administration review, approved the new crown virus antigen detection reagent products of Anhui Shenlan Medical Technology Co. So far, the State Drug Administration has approved 50 new coronavirus antigen detection reagent products.

The reporter noted that the concept of antigen detection plate in half a month ago began to “cool down”, the share price has fallen continuously. Eastern wealth data show that as of December 30, A shares of antigen detection plate fell 0.97%, 40 shares fell, from the previous high of December 12, 2022, the overall decline of the plate nearly 20%.

Hypochlorite disinfectant is on fire? The price is about 4 times higher than 84 disinfectant

At the same time, the reporter noticed that a claim that “can kill the new crown” “targeting harmful germs, effective sterilization rate of ≥ 99.99%” hypochlorite disinfectant is hot on the line. The product claims that hypochlorite molecular water solution, is a new type of disinfection water, which is characterized by wide sterilization, high inactivation rate, with “safe non-toxic” “no residue” characteristics, high safety and environmental protection.

Reporters in an e-commerce platform search found that the main component of the product is hypochlorous acid (Hclo), containing chlorine concentration in 80-120mg / L, no smell, can be used for skin, environment, pet disinfection quickly.

Compared with 84 disinfectant, alcohol, hypochlorous acid disinfectant solution, what is the difference? “The difference is that the principle of traditional disinfectant solution can destroy more than 99.99% of bacteria, viruses, pathogenic microorganisms within 30 seconds.” The store customer service told reporters that the main ingredient of 84 disinfection is sodium hypochlorite, which has an irritating odor and a persistent taste; hypochlorite disinfection of the main ingredient hypochlorous acid, safe and non-toxic, the role of the reduction to water, will not be left.

The reporter visited many pharmacies and supermarkets and did not see any hypochlorite disinfectant products for sale. A supermarket a 600g of 84 disinfectant sold for 6.9 yuan, “this 84 disinfectant now has a discount, cheaper than the usual 2 yuan.” The supermarket attendant said.

From the point of view of retail prices, hypochlorite disinfectant and 84 disinfectant unit price difference of up to nearly 4 times. For example, a brand of a 2L hypochlorite disinfectant is priced at 78.8 yuan, 72.8 yuan after coupons, equivalent to 36.4 yuan / L. Another brand of hypochlorite disinfectant 2.5L is priced at 49.8 yuan, equivalent to about 20 yuan / L. And a 5L of 84 disinfectant is priced at 59 yuan, only 49 yuan after coupons, equivalent to 9.8 yuan / L.

It is understood that the main component of hypochlorite disinfectant is hypochlorous acid, which itself is weakly acidic, strongly oxidizing, unstable, colorless and chlorine-flavored liquid. Hypochlorous acid can only exist in the form of a dilute solution dissolved in water, and is prone to decomposition under light conditions. Because of the instability of hypochlorous acid, its transportation and storage are more difficult, and the action time is shorter.

The main component of 84 disinfectant solution is sodium hypochlorite, the solution is alkaline, pH is usually greater than 10, the effective chlorine content is usually about 5%, corrosive, irritating and bleaching, can not be used directly, need to be diluted with water before use.