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Re:U.S. Meat Supply Is 'Perilously Close' to a Shortage, CEO... by throwaway894345 on Monday April 13, 2020 @03:43PM (#22859251)
I don’t buy that argument because:

1. Masks were dirt cheap and certainly useful for any serious epidemic or bioterrorism event or just about any other emergency scenario for which the CDC would be called upon (our reserves were in the tens of thousands, but those masks sell for cents apiece—could have had a million masks for ~$500K)

2. The CDC didn’t even have plans to secure the supply chain, and plans are damn near free

3. The CDC was budget constrained but went and developed its own test instead of using the WHO test?

EDIT: Updated math figure

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Re:U.S. Meat Supply Is 'Perilously Close' to a Shortage, CEO... by belltaco on Monday April 13, 2020 @04:21PM (#22859600)
>could have had a billion masks for ~$500K

Something is seriously off with your math.

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Re:U.S. Meat Supply Is 'Perilously Close' to a Shortage, CEO... by throwaway894345 on Monday April 13, 2020 @05:18PM (#22860111)
Only 3 orders of magnitude. :)

Thanks for the correction.

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