Bang on. Around the time the US Govt issued the pandemic warning I was scrambling to get the information I needed to make adequate decisions about the safety o

Bang on. Around the time the US Govt issued the pandemic warning I was scrambling to get the information I needed to make adequate decisions about the safety of the public works crew I was managing. The COO of a local hospital was on the public works committee so I asked her what to do regarding PPE. Her response was honest: "Try to get some, but if you don't already have it, you probably won't be able to get any." If you remember, around that time we were hoarding toilet paper. Then I called the infectious disease specialist at our local health department and asked the same, what about PPE? The nice, polite lady told me masks were useless and depictions of Asians wearing masks were showing people who were concerned with the air pollution. So from the get-go there has been plenty of confusion coming through official channels.