Well, bust-a-cat! In 10 days, the spread of the virus will have doubled three times...the level of incompetence, or lack of urgency, leads one to believe it's intentional.
The incompetence and lack of urgency has been an international plague—normalcy bias is very hard to overcome...
Just look at the posters here on FR—normally smart folks have been turned into raving idiots by this virus.
Are we going to be cautioned to wear masks during flu season from now on?
Asking for a friend...
Most masks are or were made in China, plus a bunch of do gooders sent them some of ours, plus Chinese Americans were buying them up to send to China.
We have defined Essential Workers. Now we need to define Essential Products and make them here.
Consider the term, “The Speed of Bureaucracy”.