That was definitely a miscalculation on their part, IMHO. I never bought it, like most.
The sad part is that if decent designs for masks could have circulated early and the people who were good at sewing had started making masks for friends and family, a lot could have been accomplished early on.
It never crossed their minds to go that kind of route. WW1 and WW2 showed that we, as a people, could be very resourceful when we put our minds to it.
That's what has been happening. All kinds of locals make masks and sell them on Facebook in my area. My wife had even made a few. They could have taken that approach, maybe. But...
Your government, the United States Government, lied to you. They lied to prevent you from buying inventory.
Dude, infection control is not something new. Surgeons have been wearing masks in theater for a long time. If you've ever been to the ER during the winter, they hand them out like candy.
It wasn't about prevention of the virus then. It was about protecting the supply chain and backfilling what we lacked in storage. If you tell people masks work, they obliterate the supply chain. Look at what happened to fucking toilet paper!
Confiscate private property? :rofl you want to see Republicans shit themselves?
I don't know why this is so hard for you to understand.
I do not in any way shape or form disagree with your last sentence.
Exactly! People would have hoarded the fuck out of masks, just like what happened with hand sanitizers, bleach, alcohol, and toilet paper. They kinda had to lie in the beginning.