So this is how states buy masks these days. Normally I'd say it's just corrupt Illinois politics, but apparently this is the new normal.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/coronavirus/2020/4/3/21207488/coronavirus-illin ois-medical-supplies-wild-west Reportedly the caper where the New England Patriots owner flew in $1.2 million of N95 asks and other PPE from China was along the same lines. You need to know a guy in China, you need to be able to deliver the cash, you need to know a guy with an airplane, and you need to disguise it as a private purchase not by a state or else the feds will seize it for their own stockpile and decide which states are on their nice and naughty list.
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