Tony Miller, Yakima County emergency management director; Horace Ward, operations manager of Yakima Valley Office of Emergency Management; and Blake Scully, a resource supply officer, fromleft, evaluate how many ventilators arrived from the weekly supply shipment Thursday, April 2, 2020, at the Yakima County Office of Emergency Management in Union Gap, Wash.
“Several of the shipments we have received from the strategic national stockpile contained well past expiration dates and, while we are being told much of the expired equipment is capable of being used for COVID-19 response, they would not be suitable for use in surgical settings,” Charles Boyle, a spokesman for Oregon Gov. Kate Brown, said in an email.
Numerous governors have complained about delays in getting equipment from the Strategic National Stockpile or receiving amounts of gear far below what they had requested. That frustration is compounded when equipment arrives, but can’t be used. “It’s really alarming because those masks are desperately needed,” said U.S. Sen. Doug Jones of Alabama. “When our national stockpile is not monitored enough to know that you’ve got expired masks and rotted masks out there and not replenished, that is a real problem.”
Anybody care to speculate on who 'OUR' president was in 2010 that allowed 'OUR' stockpile to expire without refreshing it? About 2 years into his first term... In 2010? Anyone?
Maybe US needs to stop dumping TaxPayers money as a fule in war engine against other nations , and start stabilizing its own social services structure , so no more innocent souls have to be lost
Associate_Press Guess that would have been Trump's predecessors who didn't make sure the stockpile was in working order's fault.
Another job well done by the feds.
That bleeping Trump! He should have inspected those bundles
beyerstein I interpret every delivery of unusable essential equipment as a hostile middle finger to the American people. Better to send nothing than to send potentially harmful garbage. Covid19 CoronaVirus Pandemic
It's like the federal government is just another front of our war. Trump has made it his.
Obama asked for replenishment money in the 2010 budget. MitchMcConnell blocked it. FuckMitch
And that's why you use your stockpiles instead of asking the gvnmt to keep giving. Stockpiles become useless. Stupid dems
What states?
I told you Obama/Biden left the Federal Government in shambles. The stuff does dry rot in 3 years. If Pelosi had done her job instead of drag the Federal government to Pelosi in the wonderland of constant investigation, Congress and the Executive branch could have fixed this.
Can we send those to Jared since it’s his stockpile anyway
I want former Gov Hickenlooper to answer why he left Gov Polis in dire straits and now he's running for Colorado Senate seat against Cory Gardner What else does he have planned for the Colorado Citizens?
Want new PPE?
No medical supplies should be reused but try telling the goverment that
The shipping process produces some damaged goods. This is normal.
Consider the moral turpitude of the Democrat leadership who seize on the sufferings of Americans to extort billions in blackmail in return for their approval of emergency aid. We saw exactly that last week and Pelosi is preparing to so again. Despicable.
These case are few, another example of fake news. Still voting for Trump.
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Oh wow... How disappointing...
not surprising... Send a message to repressive and elitists leaders by charging Trump with CrimesAgainstHumanity
You think they would have checked them before they shipped. But that is par for the course with this Administration.
This is heartbreaking when people’s lives are on the line.
That's too bad then the companies should go to work to produce new ones
This warehousing and distribution needs professionals
AP once again attempts to sew discord.
Ap sucks.
Trump will say'I do provide, u need ti do some thing by urself as well, ols be gratitide'
Federal Govt really just Fyre Fest'ed the US huh
Like his crappy hotels and products. Over promise under deliver. Blame others
Jared probably sent the good ones to Israel
Im starting to think each state should become its own country or groups of states become smaller countries. And just get rid of the federal government
Nice job Peter Navarro and/or Jared Kushner. Glad your on top of this. Assclowns
Really saddened my heart how individuals go through pains trying to survive... We can all put our hand together to fight against the COVID19Pandemic in our own different ways.... RT, follow back and DM if you need assistance. Thanks.
This is what you get from a govt that failed to think of available resources when emergencies arises........
Grover Norquist would be proud. The federal government is finally non functional. A libertarian goal has been realized.
Did Eric lick them all again?! 😖
Add it to the receipt pile.
Geez, this is the Hunger Games
What a disgrace
Global Pandemic - Event 201
Everybody expects stuff that's been sitting in the Raiders of the Lost Ark warehouse for years to actually work...
Obama's fault somehow too, I'm sure.
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It’s deliberate
Equipment doesn't get dry rot that fast. Seems like whoever was supposed to be keeping an eye on our supplies was out golfing over the past 3 administrations.
The is FakeNewsMedia .
Of course it is. Not surprised, but highly disappointed.
Perhaps each state should finance and maintain their own pandemic supplies.
Yeah... The media has a bias that has clearly been established the past few years, and that can not be denied. Which is a tragedy. Because now, it makes the public suspicious of every story they publish. Was their obsessive behaviour really worth losing the public's respect?
They went to Jared. Our tax dollars at work for the goombahs.
Soldiers in Afghanistan can charge more than $100 for a cup, if that's true. So why can't the President spend money on New York and California with some medical devices
ChineseVirus
Each State have their own fund, for example, California has a higher TAX collection State, why don’t they can’t prepare for their own stockpile, Where the hell of those TAX dollars gone?
The President can order an attack on Iran, Iraq, north Korea and Afghanistan, but not to help every state provide medical supplies. It's hard to understand trump
Obviously.
Trump can do anything, he knows anything, he doesn't know if trump will make masks and medical supplies, and if he can, ask him to help New York
California-ALL 170 ventilators were broken when they received them from the stockpile and the Governor sent them out and got them fixed
This is what you get when you rely on others. 10 separate US Govt reports warned about this since 2003. Instead of acting, 3 Admins, 8 Congresses and 2 political parties decided to jerk each other off for 16 years. It was more fun to shovel shit at each other via a lapdog media.
We’re gonna die
Part of the experiment...
MY GOD.....
Third world country
Let me guess, Obamas fault?
STOP RELYING ON THE GOVERNMENT TO SEE YOU THROUGH small gov. self reliance pat on the back for being an adult 👍
Perhaps stockpiling is not so great huh.
I hope they're all taking pics & keeping records. Gonna make a great campaign as things heat up.
Jfc
Well they were from a stockpile 🤷🏾♂️
Maybe if you guys could amplify this over the next 48 hours?
Joe called President Trump a Racist for the border closing, then agreed with him 2 months later... QuidProJoe
We’ll take it here, GavinNewsom can refurbish them
this country is such a dump
Who is the manufacturer
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