[susanhi]

The government should have contracted mask manufacturers 2 months ago to ramp their mask production, both for medical staff and for the public.

They still haven’t done this to date. Beyond frustrating.

[hackermailman]

No government did this, even when months ago China was shutting down it's factories and locking down a hundred million people zero preparation was done by all of our politicians. My country ran out of masks two weeks ago and people are just wearing makeshift masks