FTC Says Refunds For Razer's False N95 Face Masks Are Going Out Now (gamespot.com) 31
The FTC is issuing refunds for 6,764 customers who purchased Razer's Zephyr face mask, which falsely advertised as meeting N95 standards. GameSpot reports: In May 2024, the FTC announced that a settlement was reached with Razer for more than $1 million. The fine occurred because Razer claimed its face mask met N95 requirements, even though it was never submitted for certification to test whether it removed 95% of airborne particles, per the FTC.
In the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic, Razer revealed the N95 face mask with RGB lighting and voice amplification at CES in January 2021. The Razer Zephyr face mask eventually launched in October 2021 for $100. However, just months later in January 2022, Razer removed the N95 claims about the face mask.
At the time of the settlement with the FTC, Razer stated that it disagreed with the agency's allegations and didn't "admit to any wrongdoing." Meanwhile, the FTC says checks must be cashed within 90 days for the Zephyr face mask refunds, while PayPal payments need to be redeemed within 30 days.
In the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic, Razer revealed the N95 face mask with RGB lighting and voice amplification at CES in January 2021. The Razer Zephyr face mask eventually launched in October 2021 for $100. However, just months later in January 2022, Razer removed the N95 claims about the face mask.
At the time of the settlement with the FTC, Razer stated that it disagreed with the agency's allegations and didn't "admit to any wrongdoing." Meanwhile, the FTC says checks must be cashed within 90 days for the Zephyr face mask refunds, while PayPal payments need to be redeemed within 30 days.
Re:If masks do nothing (Score:1)
Then tell your surgeon to don’t bother wearing one when you’re operated on.
Re:If masks do nothing (Score:4, Informative)
Face masks do, in fact, help prevent the spread of airborne viruses. The key is that it's the INFECTED that need to wear them. And the second key is that in the case of a widespread pandemic with a long incubation and post-symptom contagion period, you don't know if you are infected or not. That's why widespread masking was the recommendation.
It's a pity that Trump's Treason Fucks and the rest of the Inbred Klanass Republican Brain Dead Shitbags don't understand that logic. Thank you for killing my grandmother you sick treasonous subhuman sacks of shit.
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Masks were so ineffective at slowing the spread of covid, the Missouri governor buried [missouribu...salert.com] a report [kansascity.com] showing they worked [stlpr.org], a report he commissioned.
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Yes, there were studies clearly showing that in an enclosed space, diseases like Covid spreads a lot less if everyone is wearing masks.
I don't know how it was in the US; but at the beginning of the pandemic, the Finnish authorities advised the general populace to not start wearing masks for two reasons; first they were needed fo medical personnel and there were not enough masks to go around and second, there were at that point no real evidence that it would slow down the spread of the pandemic. It was only
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There are also FFP3 masks that do protect the wearer. Commonly used when working with harmful chemicals such as paint, asbestos, but also by medical professionals around infectious patients.
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FFP3 is an EU standard, equivalent to N99 in the US. The EU equivalent of N95 is FFP2.
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It's amazing that all the maskers have the same political orientation. It's almost as if you guys are basing things on what people tell you rather than actual evidence. During COVID, everyone I know who wore a mask got it. Everyone I know who didn't wear a mask got it. Everyone got it. Therefore, the masks do nothing. I have heard of similar outcomes across many groups in m
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Face masks do, in fact, help prevent the spread of airborne viruses. The key is that it's the INFECTED that need to wear them. And the second key is that in the case of a widespread pandemic with a long incubation and post-symptom contagion period, you don't know if you are infected or not. That's why widespread masking was the recommendation.
It's a pity that Trump's Treason Fucks and the rest of the Inbred Klanass Republican Brain Dead Shitbags don't understand that logic. Thank you for killing my grandmother you sick treasonous subhuman sacks of shit.
N95 masks *help* -- they don't PREVENT, and the paper masks that most people were wearing don't do a GOD DAMN THING.
Dumbasses like you gave people a false sense of security. You caused more harm than good with your "wear a mask and you will be safe!!" bullshit.
Oh, and FYI, Trump is your president now -- deal with it.
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You’re so close to getting it. What might be contained in the saliva? Bacteria, germs, and wait for it, viruses!
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You jest, but even after the 1912 spanish flu outbreak, many doctors still refused to wear a mask for anything - seeing patients to surgery. (And we're talking the medical paper masks they all wear, not the N95 ones). It took until the 1940s or so before the AMA started requiring them after lots of studies showed less disease transmission and better outcomes for patients
Then again, it wasn't too much earlier where s
I remember those things. (Score:2)
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I wonder if anyone during the pandemic just walked into a bank wearing a full ski mask or something. You know, for the lolz.
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The thing about futurism is that people disagree on what it looks like. The Razer facemask was themed perfectly for a cyberpunk dystopia and that is certainly one view of futurism.
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Who the fuck wore a mask in a club? Why even go at all, if one is afraid of catching a cold?
The quality of news and discussion is evident (Score:1)
The quality of news and discussion is evident in that neither news reports nor anyone so far has brought up whether they actually were filtering to an N95 standard.
The sole point of complaint is that it was not submitted for certification.
Did it filter to an N95 standard?
Did it filter BETTER than an N95 standard?
Did it filter worse than an N95 standard?
Who knows? Who cares?
(certainly, nobody here and nobody in the media).
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It depended on two N95 material filters that were fitted to the round air ports on either side of the mask so, in theory, it could have filtered as well as an N95 mask. In theory, it could have also been a bad design that didn't meet any filtration specification.
The problem is that any tests that were performed were strictly in-house, which means there was a financial incentive to claim it passed. Proving the in-house tests were flawed in a court of law would be difficult if not impossible, so that charge
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And that's why the FTC complained. Razer was marketing it as an N95 compliant mask when it hasn't been tested. So no one really knows. It could be better, it could be worse. Since they never bothered getting it through NIOSH or other testing facility
Thankfully. (Score:1)
Phones (Score:2)
Why do they keep naming these things after phones?
The FTC settled for "more than $1 million"... (Score:2)
...when the company sold (at least) 6,764 masks at $100 each with fraudulent health claims, potentially endangering the lives of everyone who bought them?
That number is missing at least two zeroes, and criminal charges should have been filed. I don't care what you personally believe about the efficacy of masks in preventing Covid-- that's irrelevant. The fact is that if you buy PPE that claims to be N95 certified, it had better be N95 certified, or someone is going to jail. (It's entirely possible that a