The search for the Virus and PPE

The notion that one country should horde anything in a Pandemic is insane! It is the same b.s. that happens with people fleeing their countries because of war and many saying they need to stay home.  One of the reasons stock was sent to China was because the best before date was coming up very fast and Canada had stock in the hospitals but not that much in cases. Other countries did the same, and that was because they wanted the virus eliminated at the source, not wait and see what happens. The virus spread quickly and Science was trying to get a handle on it not entirely trusting what China was saying. Asian countries that had experience SARS went into action asap, like South Korea.  In Europe Germany got on it with suppression and testing, while countries like Italy seemed to be going to wait it out until they found out how bad that was. Meanwhile, Canada was looking for supplies and down south was buying up everything they could get their hands on including interfering in shipments to our country.  Companies came forward and said they could produce and the Gov't listened and got a dollar amount together to support those companies selected to make different kinds of masks, ventilators, hand sanitizer, and they put money behind research for a cure. Once ramped up supplies were moving across the country and more and more lab-confirmed information was coming about the virus.  Seems pretty easy to sit back and quarterback, but it is a waste of money and time if you run to put what you think is a fire because there is smoke only to find out there is no fire.  Canada is a large, vast, country and we have witnessed how great we are when an unknown enemy, the virus, attacks. Now just wait and see what we can do when we know the enemy!