If we weren't talking about the kind of authoritarian government that probably would have been able to stop this outbreak in it's infancy if it didn't have loca

If we weren't talking about the kind of authoritarian government that probably would have been able to stop this outbreak in it's infancy if it didn't have local officials prioritizing suppress news about it reaching higher levels of government... maybe I'd be more charitable to these claims. I can tell you personally, factories I was in contact with about totally non-pandemic related industries, with capacity that I highly doubt can be repurposed for supplies, are still talking about extensive delays for any sort of order.