This is incorrect. Someone else in the thread posted the article below. It explained the problem thusly: 1. To make masks, you need a certain fabric 2. The ma

This is incorrect. Someone else in the thread posted the article below. It explained the problem thusly: 1. To make masks, you need a certain fabric 2. The machines to make more of the fabric take 5-6 months to make, and this is a hard limit as they’re quite complex Basically, all the money in the world likely couldn’t expand capacity of this vital fabric. A Chinese Petroleum company is trying to make new machines quickly, but those in the industry are skeptical. https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2020/03/16/814929294/covid-19-has-caused-a-shortage-of-face-masks-but-theyre-surprisingly-hard-to-mak https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2020/03/16/8149292...