Characterizing preparedness as 'hording' is a socially toxic behavior which will discourage future preparedness. It's not like they had plans to sell them for

Characterizing preparedness as 'hording' is a socially toxic behavior which will discourage future preparedness. It's not like they had plans to sell them for price gouging purposes nor did they purchase them immediately ahead of a crisis and create/contribute to a shortage or anything anti-social like that. For durable emergency supplies like masks. all of us should, if we're able, be maintaining a supply outside of emergency times to help buffer demand shocks at times of need.