I just read an article about this
The ChiComs went around the world buying up all the expected and much needed medical supplies in Jan & Feb from everywhere they could find them.
We need a dedicated thread for this. We need collect info backing this up.
Did they buy the world supply up to use for China or to keep other countries from having enough resource to fight the outbreak? Now that is the big question.
Well, that was smart of the ChiComs, and evil.
Meanwhile, our officials were still calling this JustTheFlu™ :(