You're seeing what's wrong with centralized planning of things that don't need to be centralized.
Procuring masks on the market sure seemed to work out great for states in the earlier days of this incident:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/daviddisalvo/2020/03/30/i-spent...
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1245501506205421570.html
We started out with decentralization and now we've switched to something in between. Neither have worked.
Just like the states, or counties or towns or households...
Except the federal government can order private businesses to manufacture whatever it needs, something no governor can do
The idea the governor of a $222 billion budget can't get some masks made is a bit absurd.
The federal government just passed a $2 trillion stimulus package. And they’re thinking of doing another one.
And in addition to the power to print money, it can also order private industries to manufacture masks, tests, vaccines, ventilators, even tp
And it still can’t get the job done.
There are not enough masks or tests
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-03-24/ventilato...
It can also order or overpay for the creation of a successful vaccine, but you need data and time to see if it works.
https://www.theverge.com/2020/3/22/21189881/apple-donating-m...
Maybe Tim Cook should run for Governor. Cook knows how to get stuff done, and he has no legal powers whatsoever compared to the Governor.