The USA company in China making N95 masks was nationalized by China before this all hit the headlines & Kalitta Air was evacuating out Americans. Before they nationalized the US company, China had stopped EXPORTING the masks. I say this virus problem in China has been going on for some time.
Unless there are other locations manufacturing those masks, this will get alot worse.
Yep, we’re learning the hazards of so much outsourcing. I managed to order some masks for our son in late January, but they were already hard to get. They aren’t N95’s - those were already so expensive that I didn’t go that route. If he has some protection and keeps his hands off his face it’s a lot more than he would have done for himself.