Yeah, I'm still honestly curious how the "best" strategy for them wasn't honesty like:

Please bear with us, China bought out many of our masks in January and early February and on top of that your local and Federal government is under prepared for this event. At this time we please request that you refrain from buying PPE that our medical require, but invite you to make your own handmade masks as a substitute until supplies increase. Please continue to use all sanitary, social distancing and relevant measures as recommended by the CCD.

They've basically lost a LOT of trust by everyone who pays attention and can remember what happened more than a few months ago.