Just one example: The US federal government waited until mid-March to order N95 respirators: https://apnews.com/090600c299a8cf07f5b44d92534856bc https://apnews

Just one example: The US federal government waited until mid-March to order N95 respirators: https://apnews.com/090600c299a8cf07f5b44d92534856bc https://apnews.com/090600c299a8cf07f5b44d92534856bc Other governments acted much more quickly, for example Australia started doing so on February 7: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanres/article/PIIS2213-2600(20)30064-3/fulltext https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanres/article/PIIS2213-2... The US government, in particular Trump, is responsible for this delayed response.