With every good crisis, there are people who are trying to take advantage of it. The case in point is face masks in Hong Kong. You either can’t find them or if you do then the prices are usually higher than normal and you are limited by the amount you can buy.

While there is nothing wrong with making a profit there is something wrong with trying to profit from a crisis that everyone is trying to avoid. What we object to is that the prices of face masks are double or triple the normal price.

Shop owners have put up the defense that it’s not them but the suppliers that have raised the price. We don’t know.

All we know is that if the current health crisis reaches an epic problem what will they do? Raise prices more on masks? If they do and people die we fear that upon the deaths of those who raise prices for profit will have to answer to God for their deeds.