The GP had a throwaway comment but yours is just wrong. Do you think the companies making all the masks did so out of altruism? Government mandates of various k

The GP had a throwaway comment but yours is just wrong. Do you think the companies making all the masks did so out of altruism? Government mandates of various kinds, plus covid fear in general, made all kinds of people rich. They also made many people poor. Regardless of whether you support different mandates, there were massive profits everywhere from them