I'm not sure who to blame for that; but agree it was a mistake. Stress a lack of evidence (at that time)? Sure. Stress that N-95 and KN-95 masks must be rese

I'm not sure who to blame for that; but agree it was a mistake. Stress a lack of evidence (at that time)? Sure. Stress that N-95 and KN-95 masks must be reserved for hospital workers, and possibly even pre-press banning their sale under emergency commandeering measures? I think we can all guess why that didn't fly politically (it would require admitting there was a serious pandemic). The public should never be 'lied to' nor 'ticked' (which the people I've spoken with mostly assume was happening with that initial mask stance) and should be treated as adults, possibly ones without a full set of information from expert matters on a subject.