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A ton of people live in the path of totality. Like double the 2017 eclipse. 30 million or something? Plus it's within a few hours of massive population centers. So there's plenty of people who should be aware of this issue.
And those who are only just now learning and trying to get glasses are probably going to find a shortage.
I bought my glasses 11 months ago when I made my plane and hotel reservations. Last minute people are gonna get fucked by these asshole scam artists.
But the main point of my original post is that if you miss this one, we have 2 whole ass decades before the next, so be aware.
Not afaict.. I imagine the profit margins on these things are enormous and they are super easy to manufacture. If anything I think there's going to be a huge surplus of them.