I've asked this question every single day. Even w/o government intervention, a competent CEO would say "Hey there's a huge global demand for my product, and it

I've asked this question every single day. Even w/o government intervention, a competent CEO would say "Hey there's a huge global demand for my product, and it'll likely be a domestic demand. Lets crank out these health products". The US closed and withdrew all their employees from the US Consulate in Wuhan on Jan 26th. Can't say we didn't know it was serious. Masks shortage have been known for a while. The tinfoil hat in my says because the US wants this to spread. I have no other logical explanation.