running next month, they hope to turn a profit from private sales, even with higher prices than asian brands. hospitals and clinics and even end users are willing to pay that slight premium so that, you know, we re prepared for a future pandemic. reporter: it s still early days, but experts say it is essential for the u.s. to make more ppe at home. the question is. whether people will remember this and be willing to pay that premium in the medium term or is this just a short-term memory and soon people will go back to thinking about who is my lowest cost supplier. reporter: that may ultimately be what determines the success or failure of the new enterprises, whether they re expensive experiments or reduces americans dependence on factories on the other side of the world. the medical supply chain expert does not think the government investment in ppe production is a viable long-term solution. he thinks that washington should
sales. even with higher prices than asian brands. hospitals and clinics and even end users are willing to pay that slight premium so that, you know, we re prepared for future pandemic. reporter: it s still early days but experts say it is essential for the u.s. to make more of its ppe at home. the question is. whether people will remember this and be willing to pay that premium in the medium term or is this just a very short-term memory and soon people will go back to thinking about, who s my lowest cost supplier? reporter: that may ultimately be what determines the success or failure, whether they re expensive experiments or the beginning of a new era that reduces america s dependence on factories on the other side of the world. now at a time like this, of course, no one is complaining about government investment in domestic ppe production, but no one that we interviewed for this story thinks that that is a viable long-term solution
days, but experts say it is essential for the u.s. to make more of its ppe at home. the question is whether people will remember this and be willing to pay that premium in the medium term or is this just a very short-term memory and soon people will go back to thinking about who is my lowest cost supplier. reporter: that may ultimately be what determines the success or failure of these new enterprises. whether they re expensive experiments or the beginning of a new era that reduces america s dependence on factories on the other side of the world. scott mclean, cnn, london. and as russia continues its military buildup along the ukrainian border, president biden is expected to talk to the ukrainian president tomorrow to reassure him of u.s. support. we will talk about that next. and this quick programming note, carole king and james taylor in an unforgettable concert film. just call out my name tomorrow at 9:00 p.m. on cnn. here is a preview.
ppe at home. the question is if people are willing to pay the peopleup in the medium term, or is this just a very short term memory and people will go back to thinking who is my lowest cost supplier? reporter: that may be what determines the success or failure of these new enterprises. whether they re expensive experiments or the beginning of a new era that reduces america s dependance of factories on the other side of the world. two wildfires in colorado have destroyed hundreds of homes and forced tens of thousands to flee. patients in two hospitals have been evacuated. the flames have burned 1600 acres, driven by dry air and hurricane force gusts. so clearly, this is an emergency in colorado which normally doesn t happen this time of year. exactly right, john.