Federal stockpile of protective equipment nearly depleted

“The President failed to bring in FEMA early on, failed to name a national commander for this crisis, and failed to fully utilize the authorities Congress gave him under the Defense Production Act to procure and manage the distribution of critical supplies," Maloney said. “He must take action now to address these deficiencies.”have taken to social media to illustrate the shortages by taking selfies wearing home-sewn masks on their faces and trash bags over their scrubs.

The AP reported Sunday that the Trump administration squandered nearly two months after the early January warnings that COVID-19 might ignite a global pandemic, waiting until mid-March to place bulk orders of N95 masks and other medical supplies needed to build up the stockpile. By then, hospitals in several states were treating thousands of infected patients without adequate equipment and were pleading for help.

At the start of the COVID-19 crisis, the federal stockpile had about 13 million N95 respirators, masks which filter out about 95% of all liquid or airborne particles and are critical to prevent health care workers from becoming infected. That’s just a small fraction of what hospitals need to protect their workers, who normally would wear a new mask for each patient, but who now are often issued only one to last for days.

For nearly a month, Trump rebuffed calls to use his authority under the Defense Production Act to order companies to increase production of respirators and ventilators, before he relented last week.

Why? Because of all the sorry nepotism in the WH! Trump's son-in-law has not got enough brains for managing anything. Yet, Trump put him in charge of screwing it all up. It's sad, but even Trump hasn't got brains enough to handle anything but lying and blaming! VERY, VERY, SAD!

realDonaldTrump Not according to FakePresident Dumbster! He said there is plenty of PPE today at his fake news conference.

According to FakeNews

Yet trump just said to Jim during the conf. we have plenty of it all! That even other countries are asking abd he’s going to help them bc, oh we have SO MUCH of it 🤣 I cannot w this thing of a human being.

Panic everyone!! Panic

Workplaces which neglect health and safety risk prosecution, may lose staff, and may increase costs and reduce profitability. HR Sept need to do more research for how to overcome this matter internationally.

Nearly

Where the fuck are they all going? Do the math . How many did we have divided by number of drs and nurses. How many are being used in a day. It's all bullshit

When asked if our ships were interrupting supplies to other countries, he goes off on sex trafficking, claiming most are girls. Anything but answer the damn question. I read our ships were confiscating supplies. Probably has the Navy pretending to be looking for drugs.🤔😧✌🇺🇸

beyerstein Either A: Not much of a stockpile or B: Trump gave it all away to other countries.

Trump playing money laundering games through the supply chain circle. Rather sell overseas than take care of own country.

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Thanks Obama

FINALLY

KGWNews Yeah the broken crap he wouldn't dare send to China but it's good enough for his own country. Stop promoting this administration's propaganda. Make your news shows about fact checking and CALL HIM OUT FOR IT! Do your damn job!

And new supplies will replace all the old stock that has been deployed. The supply chain is filling back up, it just takes time. But if America believes our 'fake' media and its bias, we will run completely out of supplies in America. Not so, logistics has been the main issue.

What, outdated and non-functioning? Thanks much. Too late. Not enough. Unforgivable.

Shortages are apart of socialism Hows everyone liking your taste of Socialism

Jared is doing such a great job! 💩🤪

Still have stock ?

Wow that was quick!

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