[true_religion]

> WE WERE TAUGHT BY UNITED STATES MILITARY TO NOT HAND OUT MASKS IN AN EPIDEMIC WHAT CHANGED?

The US military was the wrong place to look for a general solution to a civilian crisis.

All advise given from a military context relies on the idea that the civilian administration will step in, and coordinate, or handle things on its own.

For example, the military is advised not to do long term criminal investigations... but that’s not because detective work is valueless, but because it’s expected that the civilian police will handle that.