The New England Patriots plane delivers masks brought in secretly from China to keep the federal government from snatching them

As the numbers continued to get worse, the day when we all know someone who has COVID-19—maybe even someone who has been killed by it—is getting closer, all too fast. This weekend, Surgeon General Jerome Adams went on the Sunday talk shows to warn that the coming week “is going to be our Pearl Harbor moment, our 9/11 moment, only it’s not going to be localized.” Despite that dire prediction, though, Adams didn’t go beyond Trump administration policy when it comes to Republican governors who have refused to issue stay-at-home orders. It’s not just Republican governors, either. Regular-people Republicans are not taking this seriously enough.

The weekend also brought major intrigue in the personal protective equipment department. Around the world, shipments of masks and other PPE are being confiscated or bought out from under the noses of other countries, seemingly by the U.S. government. In some cases, the federal government is seizing shipments going to American states. But why? Part of an answer may have come Sunday with an AP report that the Trump administration waited until mid-March to start ordering pandemic supplies. So if the administration wants to look like it has the situation under control, it has a lot of catching up to do.