After the CDC just gave Moderna $176m to develop another vaccine[0] and the possible fatality rate of H5N1[1], I'm stocking up on masks again. Not to be alarmist, but it sucked last time around when all hell broke loose and I couldn't find any masks anywhere. That said, hopefully if anything DOES get bad, mask production will ramp up must faster next time around.

[0] https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2024/07/02/hhs-provides-176-m...

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Influenza_A_virus_subtype_H5N1