[theold]

Spahn's thinking was that in the global competition for masks, he only had to set the price high enough to make sure Germany would get the goods. Contrary to the recommendation of his ministry officials, who considered a price of €3 (about $3.25 today) per mask to be appropriate, Spahn set the price at €4.50 for FFP2 masks, and at €0.60 for surgical masks. The response exceeded expectations and, in the end, the ministry found itself having placed orders for 5.7 billion masks.

"The price was set far too high," said Martina Stamm-Fibich, from the center-left Social Democratic Party (SPD), which was the junior coalition partner to Spahn's CDU at the time and currently heads the government of Chancellor Olaf Scholz.
 
"We procured masks. Were they expensive? Yes. Was it chaotic at times? Yes. It was the same for every country in the world," Spahn said. "I don't recall anyone warning at the time to make sure the price isn't too high, but I know a lot of people who said: 'Get masks at any price'."

https://www.dw.com/en/covid-19-german-go...a-69742701

[Geneco]

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