“Gee, where were you guys last month?”
because they had to have a big supply to do any of that, and the very limited normal pipeline supply for lupus and RA had been sucked dry, so none of that could be done until the big donations in the works by the manufacturers finally came through in the last couple of days ... no point in announcing big trials or plans when no drug was available ...
Not true. The military has/had stockpiles, as they must be prepared to send troops into malarial areas on short notice. One of the emergency powers that Trump activated was the use of such military medical stockpiles for civilian use. I'm sure that in addition to ventilators, masks, and gloves that drugs are also in the mix.