The numbers of what was actually distributed have raised fears among stakeholders that states and medical providers will continue to face shortages of critical equipment to keep patients and medical workers alive.
Health and Human Services and the Federal Emergency Management Agency distributed supplies in the “most equitable way possible for a nationwide response taking into account population and need for areas of high transmission,” said a department official who declined to be identified without authorization.
Connecticut Rep. Rosa DeLauro, who chairs a House appropriations committee subcommittee overseeing the stockpile’s annual budget, said she tried for weeks to get a list of supplies available from and distributed by the stockpile.“It has been an unending series of stonewalling, obfuscation and essentially not a willingness to give us any report about what’s happening,” said DeLauro, a Democrat.
Supplies had plummeted nationwide, in part because companies had shipped supplies to other countries hit first by coronavirus and in part because imports dropped as manufacturers in China were hit by the coronavirus. Meanwhile demand skyrocketed as countries across the globe scrambled to stock up. “When this is over, it’s going to be a huge focus,” she said. “We really need to get to the bottom of how we could have improved that."In addition to DeLauro, Oklahoma Rep. Tom Cole, a Republican, also expressed concern this week about the stockpile’s available supplies and distribution. Both serve on the subcommittee on labor, health and human services, education and related services.
Consistent increases to the stockpile’s budget over the past five years have been completely bi-partisan, he said.
Devils in the details 🤦...
How many miles apart are their hospitals?
That’s our inefficient way of distributing of resources! Where’s the Pres, you know he understands disproportional wealth distribution ( big words)!
Well AK has very few hospitals so they have to stop it with good equipment. The remote rural villages would be decimated. They are taking it very seriously
Guarantee they bought them
That's because this president plays politics with the equipment. He has the lowest regard for human life of any previous President. This WILL come back to bite him in November. People will remember HE lied & loved ones died. The price to be paid will be his reelection.
What’s the problem? 3 weeks ago the health community was warning we’d all be overwhelmed with this virus. In fact, we were told there would be shortages and millions could die. Hindsight’s 20/20.
Trump is killing people in NY, NJ & CT ...
This is so wrong! Someone doesn’t know how to count!
Impressive hindsight. 🙄
? I would have thought that states with the most confirmed cases would have been given the most. Anyway, this just shows that after this is done, we are going to have to stockpile these masks and ventilators somewhere and teach how to reuse these items and clean them.
Piss poor planning/management. Hope they were immediately sent to one of the many hot spots...🤦♀️
But they’re good reliably red states 🤢
This is completely CRAZY !!!!
Someone gonna take my masks.
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GREAT!!!!!
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