Speaking for my office and the offices of friends: Between lay people buying up existing stock, and disruptions to production in China, we are seeing shortages

Speaking for my office and the offices of friends: Between lay people buying up existing stock, and disruptions to production in China, we are seeing shortages. Some of our suppliers are restricting us to historical orders (if you usually ordered 5 boxes/mo, that's what you're getting), others are restricting us to flat-out number caps (3 boxes/mo, period). They are not taking new accounts, even from medical practices. My office practice is such that we have very low historical usage, and in this climate can't increase orders to keep up with the current level of caution patients prefer. I've ended up ordering P100s instead of surgical masks or N95s because they're the only thing I could get a hold of (and more effective than N95s), just to have something in the closet in case of a surge in need. I had to get it from an industrial supplier, and my understanding is that my modest order cleaned them out. It ain't great.