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After H1N1, Task Force Advised Obama to Avert Shortage of Masks

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Was Obama Responsible for N95 Masks Shortage?

An administrator from the Obama administration said one focus after the 2009 H1N1 pandemic was developing new types of masks instead of restocking N95 masks that already existed in the commercial market. In the event of a crisis, the thinking went, the government could quickly buy existing models on the open market.

It was a strategy that funded three different research projects during the Obama administration and continued during the Trump administration, according to a report by HHS.

“There was a strong interest in developing better, more comfortable, reusable masks, which could then be purchased and stockpiled,” Dr. Nicole Lurie, a former HHS assistant secretary for preparedness and response whose division led the stockpile from 2009 to 2017, told CBS News.