soso they made sure the doctors and nurses have protective gear and then they could ordrder the appropriateests, inincluding covid-1919. so this allows the frontline s to be protective. amy: i want to stop for a second. the issue e a protective gear -- such a massive problem in the united states right now. president trump boasting, we've had the best response and the earliest r response in the worl. now people are learning about the words "supply chain." was that taiwan did, how it managed to get ppe to all its frontline -- i can't say all, but to most of its frontline workers and the issue of tests. why the u.s. has fallen so far short and taiwan surged a ahead agaiainst next door to chihina. >> i think early on, they know that the importance of managing distributed also to the resources appropriately. january, thatrly in a quick c count of the stockpils in the country. they said, we are 44 4 million surgical masks. 23 million people in taiwan, so less than two masks per person. immediately they said, n no expt of surgical m masks oututside of tataiwan right now because w wed to make more.