- In the early days of the pandemic, the U.S. government turned down an offer to manufacture millions of N95 masks in America | The Seattle Times https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/in-the-early-days-of-the-pandemic-the-u-s-government-turned-down-an-offer-to-manufacture-millions-of-n95-masks-in-america/ 6 comments politics