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Coronavirus Social Distancing T-Shirt Designs Spread All Over Amazon & Ebay
By Thanussha Priyah, 02 Apr 2020
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The coronavirus outbreak has, unfortunately, inspired many to cash in on the pandemic as they stay at home. T-shirt designs centered on social distancing by third-party sellers are now dominating websites like Amazon and eBay.
The garments are plastered with phrases like “I was social distancing before it was cool” and even “Straight outta Wuhan,” in reference to the city the virus is believed to have originated from.
Making sales out of a tragedy appears as an ill-intended form of exploitation, which was why Etsy has blocked any sales of products related to COVID-19 to ensure no one is attempting “to exploit the developing coronavirus situation.”
Amazon and Walmart sellers are hawking coronavirus-themed T-shirts about social distancing while workers protest about safety conditions https://t.co/5onyiUCocm #market #work pic.twitter.com/cnSKKZZLrG
— HP Targeting, Inc. (@HPTarget) April 1, 2020
Amazon and Walmart sellers are hawking coronavirus-themed T-shirts about social distancing while workers protest about safety conditions #website #news https://t.co/NmL7KBuf3y pic.twitter.com/lZhZntJ0hY
— Crash Signal (@crash_signal) April 1, 2020
[via Business Insider, cover image via Amazon]
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