Actually, we do produce masks. Right here in the US.

We just didn't order up enough in the ramp up to prepare for the surge the way the government did in Singapore.

As to the question of competence, well, I guess maybe I should demand the eastern level of competence out of my leaders. But what good does it do to demand something that you know from the outset your leaders are not capable of? We have the leaders we have. I can't change that right now. The only thing we can do collectively is to try to get the best we can out of them, realizing that it's very likely their best ain't gonna be anywhere near asia level efficiency.

Maybe one of the good things to come out of this crisis will be a demand for higher quality stewards. Maybe we'll get much higher quality candidates at election time? But in all honesty, I kind of doubt it.