Aside from the shortage of testing kits in America that a few of our European friends love to gloat about, I wonder just how widespread and available mass quantities of masks were throughout Europe? Setting aside the fact that from this forum you'd think that they weren't dealing with their own calamities and lack of preparedness for a pandemic the likes of which nobody on Earth has ever been forced to cope with, you'd get the impression that there were tests available for every citizen in everyone of their own countries from day one. Gotta love that score keeping.
At any rate, it seems like the Trump admin rolling back the unhelpful regulations that stood in between us and getting an effective steady supply rolling in and getting the private sector involved has been a solid move, and despite the more dire projections floating around out there I think we'll be as close to getting this under control and beginning the recovery process as anybody. I actually think we'll be leading the charge, but early days yet.
I am going to spell it out for you : none of your "European friends"
gloats about lacking of testing . Its just, a growing number of people has become very sadly aware that lack of testing while the infection spreads through your contry -> kills people . If you do not understand how, this Thread is FULL of information about it, and also, with a bit of research, you can find out for yourself . As I explained to you very clearly pages ago, specifically MY pointing out Issues of USA's repsonse was directed at you specifically, to try and make you understand the impacts of these Issue...they actually go far beyond the Borders of the USA .
On the Issue of Masks : Specify what Masks you are talking about . A LOT of people are walking around wearing very much useless Masks in terms of protecting themselves, while the same Masks are of very LIMITED use in protecting others .
If you are looking at actually usefull Masks ( FFp2/FFp3 ), several factors have contributed to shortages being experienced by various Nations now . None the least - I guess that is not too hard to understand - is, that a LOT of THAT Stuff has been going to China, and then the following heavily affected countries . Also, ofc production in China dropping did not help . Also, selfish BULKstocking up of Individuals ( I read people have stocked up on sanitizer, Masks etc. massively in an attempt to enrich themselves by reselling those urgently needed supplies vastly overpriced all over the World, and some countries already have started prosecuting individuals for it ? ) actually HAS contributed to shortages, to the point where manfacturers/distributors/retailers startet to stop selling those to private customers weeks ago in some Countries . European countries, then EU as a whole also BANNED the export of Masks and other PPE ( and that while the whole world screams for them ) during the last 2 weeks . Just because THAT stuff is NOW needed very much urgently HERE, while Options to buy on World Markets diminish dramatically, are probably almost nonexistant by now .
Serious man, really....you are the only one person here who continually comes up with the mention of score keeping. For us others, we share information, which ofc involves talking numbers .
