Quote Originally Posted by life on mars View Post
Indeed this type of thing has a history:

According to*The Sunday Telegraph, more than 25 million pairs of the goggles were bought* for the national pandemic stockpile in 2009. Of those, 15.9 million have already been distributed into the healthcare system, while 9.7 million remain in stockpile.


Coronavirus PPE: all 400,000 gowns flown from Turkey for NHS fail UK standards

It happens when your buying on the hoof in a blind panic to safe lives
It also happens when you hand out big contracts to your mates and supporters with little oversight, and no proper enforcement of procurement processes, or concern for specification. Incompetence and corruption leading to public scandal!