Forcing all mask purchases through the government would be challenging. The government simply deciding to buy a lot of masks, then sell them as surplus half wa

Forcing all mask purchases through the government would be challenging. The government simply deciding to buy a lot of masks, then sell them as surplus half way through their shelf life, is just a matter of requisitioning funds. I hope the government is doing stuff like that. I don't plan as if they do, but I hope they do. What's the good of being in a first-world country if the government can't even plan that far ahead?