I think the more important take away is the damage of globalism to our ability to manufacture things ourselves. Sure, having a stockpile of masks is beneficial,

I think the more important take away is the damage of globalism to our ability to manufacture things ourselves. Sure, having a stockpile of masks is beneficial, but having the infrastructure and supply chain continually setup to manufacture them would go a lot further. This is especially true of medicine. Instead we have irresponsible politicians letting business chase slave labor, and only invoking "national security" when it comes to deteriorating rights or buying ever more machines of war.