There are people in the world who think that if you need, say 5000 more ventilators, then you walk into a ventilator shop and just but them and they overnight deliver them to all the hospitals. They think that the only thing stopping this from happening is an inept government.
My oldest friend works for the NHS. He is an accountant, ie not front line.
His current job is taking Chinese PPE equipment apart and adding more parts to it to make it usable. At his hospital, they have plenty of PPE, but until the accountants repair it, then there is a shortage.
Hence, you always need to look beyond the news headlines.