Robert Reich4 years ago, an exec for a top PPE producer testified to Congress that in Jan 2020 (as fear of covid began to spread) his firm offered to ramp up production to make 1.7 million N95 masks available to the public per week.
The Trump admin said no.
Mister Moo 🐮@rbreich Denial is a hell of a drug: "...by April or during the month of April, the heat, generally speaking, kills this kind of virus" Donald Trump, February 10, 2020. "It's going to disappear. One day it's like a miracle, it will disappear" Donald Trump, February 27, 2020. "...we're prepared, and we're doing a great job with it. And it will go away. Just stay calm. It will go away" Donald Trump, March 10, 2020. "I said it was going away - and it is going away" Donald Trump, April 3, 2020.