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Re:The Decline of the U.S. Machine-Tool Industry and Prospec... by throwup238 on Tuesday April 08, 2025 @08:14PM (#43627728)
Yes, and the American N95+ mask manufacturers didn't want to risk another boom-bust cycle so when the government wouldn't guarantee them a long term purchase deal, they couldn't ramp up. They had gone through this same scenario during the first SARS scare and almost went bankrupt when everyone went back to buying cheaper imported masks.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/in-the-early-d...

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