Never claimed anything like that.

I am saying that your idea is based on a false assumption-and that is that you'd create a useable surplus of protective garments by eliminating certain kinds of elective surgery.

Your basic assumption, that there is a shortage of protective garments, is also false. As Q established, the producers of these garments seem to be able to produce and deliver as many as are needed, where ever they are needed. Given that the US has committed $500 million dollars to this effort, and that other governments,including the affected ones, have committed funds, there appears to be no problem in paying for them.

So your idea, which, rather than your character or intellect, is what I am talking about, does not seem to be useful.