It is impossible to calculate and price-in that strong demand...

It is impossible to calculate and price-in that strong demand for PPE. It's immeasurable. It keeps increasing. In all countries with no exceptions.

https://www.ft.com/content/8c0a29fc-a523-4901-a190-fe5a2dcc8faa

"...As the death toll among the UK population, including health workers, continues to rise, the government has come under fire for failing to secure enough PPE for doctors, nurses and carers.Ministers were embroiled in controversy on Tuesday, after Simon McDonald, the top civil servant at the Foreign Office, told MPs that Britain had taken a “political decision” not to participate in an EU procurement scheme for medical goods including PPE, only to subsequently retract his remarks and pivot to previous UK government claims that a communication mishap was responsible.Asked whether he thought being part of the EU scheme would have alleviated current PPE shortages, Mr Roscrow said he was not convinced it would have been “any more beneficial” than Britain trying to secure its own products. Other emergency plans to support the UK’s PPE stocks had also proven inadequate, MPs were told..."