Coronavirus (COVID-19) Discussion Thread

[SvennoJ]

Bofferbrauer2 said:

That was my point, and he could just have mitigated it a bit by pointing at other kinds of improvised or handmade protective wear, but the panic buying would have been impossible to prevent if he admitted even just a sliver of efficacy. So he was pretty much forced to lie, and by doing so protected countless lives of medical professionals who would have been forced to work without any protective gear whatsoever otherwise.

Yep I agree, he had little choice considering the avg IQ level of today's society...