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From a product perspective this feels a lot like blaming the market instead of taking responsibility that you didn't build the right product. "When Gujral and o
by seanca 6y ago
From a product perspective this feels a lot like blaming the market instead of taking responsibility that you didn't build the right product. "When Gujral and other domestic manufacturers saw an opportunity to help protect frontline workers ... many of them shifted gears to make face shields and hand sanitizer, which are relatively simple to produce." Right, you built what was easy (face shields) instead of what the market wanted most (N95 masks). Now your product isn't differentiated and the market is flooded with a product that doesn't best meet the market's needs. We knew six months ago that N95 masks were the critical product for frontline workers, not listening to that market feedback isn't the federal government's fault but rather your own.
- danenania 6y agoGiven there has been an essentially infinite demand for any PPE, even insufficient PPE, it's very possible that producing face shields and hand sanitizer was a better business decision from a purely financial perspective. That's why the government needs to take leadership in these scenarios--market incentives often aren't enough to produce what's needed in response to large-scale disasters.