1/Everyone should be clear why the president has NOT been willing to invoke Defense Production Act to direct manufacture of PPE. It’s the same reason we didn’t accept tests early on from WHO: to do so would undercut the ability of someone to market a product in the private sector

2/ Private over public investment is a like religion to some people; they’re literally willing to see people die rather than undercut the dominance of the market. A healthy society is a balance of both. Private is good for innovation but public is necessary for long-term security

ehhh I have one small problem with this 9 times out of 10 so called "private" innovation is merely the co-opted result of public sector research, the internet being the prime example government funded, government tested, privately co-opted and exploited