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If they could just have said, "Yes, masks work, and the people most at risk need them desperately, so please consider donating extra masks that you may have on hand" I'd bet tomorrow morning they'd be swimming in them. Lie to people like that and you'll see people squirrel away every mask they can get their hands on. Honesty can be an amazingly effective tool.
Absolutely. If they would have
Trump hasn't ordered any ventilators from GM, despite saying he was using wartime powers to force production - is this a fact Joe
So the way that went down was GM said publicly they would make ventilators. Trump started talking to them about numbers and pricing, Trump didn't like the quantity or price, GM tried to walk away so he hit them with the DPA which forces them to comply with government contract orders. They aren't ready to produce them yet. The government also has about 4 other companies they're talking to.