In the early days of the pandemic, the U.S. government turned down an offer to manufacture millions of N95 masks in America

On Jan. 22, weeks before the crisis sent the government scrambling for masks, Texas manufacturer Prestige Ameritech offered to restart four mothballed production lines. Federal officials did not take the company up on it.

Source: In the early days of the pandemic, the U.S. government turned down an offer to manufacture millions of N95 masks in America