> there wasn't an adequate supply of masks for 330M people, and they needed to secure a supply for first responders But they didn't do that either. They could

> there wasn't an adequate supply of masks for 330M people, and they needed to secure a supply for first responders But they didn't do that either. They could have requisitioned the masks from private retailers, or just gone and bought them, but instead retailers continued selling them and the Surgeon General just tweeted at individuals telling them to stop buying them.