“For some reason China wants us to wear masks now...”
It could be the political fallout is worse than they expected, such as UK telling them to bug-off on 5G and Japan making a huge effort to get production out of there. They may have misjudged in that respect.
https://cbsaustin.com/news/local/dshs-reports-three-positive-covid-19-cases-in-state-lab
Three of the health dept’s workers have the virus. Apparently they don’t work together so caught it elsewhere, imo. Out rioting? Not using common sense when out in crowds? Having parties with large number of attendees?