Eight days later, on March 13, Trump declared the outbreak a
HHS declined this past week to say how many N95 masks it has on hand. But as of March 31, the White House said more than 11.6 million had been distributed to state and local governments from the national stockpile — about 90% of what was available at the start of the year. The stockpile was created in 1999 to prevent supply-chain disruptions for the predicted Y2K computer problems. It expanded after 9/11 to prepare for chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear attacks. Congress provided money in 2006 to prepare for a potential influenza pandemic, though Burel said much of that stock was used during the H1N1 flu outbreak three years later.
Experts are now worried the U.S. will also soon exhaust its supply of ventilators, which can cost upward of $12,000 each. Throughout March, governors and mayors of big cities urged Trump to use his authority under the Defense Production Act to direct private companies to ramp up production of ventilators. It wasn’t until last week that Trump finally said he would use that power to order General Motors to begin manufacturing ventilators — work the companyThe federal government had made an effort to prepare for a surge in the need for ventilators, but it was allowed to languish.
Reads like a DNC hit piece, which makes sense because you are political operatives, professional liars, FakeNews and, more than ever, the EnemyOfThePeople.
Total BS Fake News. The MSM in January downplayed the threat of this virus. The hero’s of the MSM ,CNN, MSNBC,CBS,NBC and ABC went on video news and specifically spread this disinformation. Take this pile of 💩story. We know what your priorities are..Create panic FakeNews QAnon
FriedrichHayek Of note: First US case of Swine Flu (4/15/09) to WHO declaration of Global Pandemic (4/30/09). First CN case of SARS CoV 2 (Nov/Dec19) to WHO pandemic declaration (March 11, 2020). 15 Days v. 4 Months. Whiskey Tango Foxtrot.
dianerocks52 There were no federal orders because there were no state orders to counter to drive prices up. If the federal government had purchased and distributed PPEs, nobody would have made a profit off of Americans dying. Trump could not pass up THAT opportunity, could he?
Unreal
It's gotten to the point where one cannot trust any one media source on a policy story any more. Basically the only unbiased stories are about local crime and such. And the media will sugarcoat those if they feel it necessary.
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More people die from the flu
Is anyone starting to think it was intentional? The Admin didn’t screw it up but intentionally delayed to push some kind of agenda or make money on it? His plan back fired and now he’s scrambling
But but but Abraham Lincoln passed down bad masks that Trump inherited
Imagine in a normal world where a US President would hold a press conference announcing that 200,000 to 2,000,000 Americans could die, that he knew about it a month ago and decided to do nothing. Now imagine Americans defending that President, like many are now
A review of federal purchasing contracts by The Associated Press shows federal agencies largely waited until mid-March to begin placing bulk orders of N95 respirator masks
Here comes liberal ap to Blame Trump for their hit job. Watch Dr Birx explain what they knew when, Ofcourse then all will say it’s her fault to
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Perpetual_Now Trump thought being president was just golf and rallys
Dear POTUS can you come over to the UK and do it right for us too. Boris is not well enough.
etuckerAP This is totally bogus and a Lie. Our fact-checkers have determined this story to be FALSE. ap trump and Administration have been on top of the situation where many democrat governors have failed and didn’t prepare.
How long did it take obama to react on the swine flu? 9 months
What about state Governors? When is the AP going to hire reporters instead of haters? So tired of FakeNews reporters. I miss the old days when news was real news. PrayforAmerica
And how DARE an AP reporter ask about it at tonight's propaganda show.
You are the worst. I can't tell you the contempt I have for you people trying to destroy our nation. It is a sad era in our history. President Trump is very right in holding your clowns in contempt for your reckless reporting. It has been going on for over ten years.
So? We established that the stuff in the national stockpile is for them and not for us. Right?
The Media says the President shouldn't be promoting a medicine. Of course the brain dead media is openly advocating against a medicine.
Well we had a bunch of socialist communist democrats trying to over throw a sitting president and there still trying. The minute he started to try and shut it down socialist communist democrats liberals heads exploded. China lied still lying killed its own people
Keep 🔂⚠️
Fake news
Such utter BS.
Who knew we needed ventilators and masks?
The democrats were too busy impeaching him. priorities
All the MAGATs in this thread trying to blame this shit on Obama 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Maybe the States & Hospital’s?
Thanks to DNC for their impeachment BS. TRUMP2020LANDSLIDE
930amWTAD Early January? Fauci in Mid january downplayed the virus. AP is still an embarrassment.
Off-course they did. With prior knowledge and time to prepare... this administration was busy playing golf.
Maybe this is why....
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I'm sick of every thing that happens is somehow Trumps fault . All I hear out of washington is impeach , impeach , impeach . Grow up - report the news ! Don't twist it .
THIS is how GOP government works...it DOESN'T! The worst economic meltdowns have happened in years of Republican administrations. Now we have the quickest huge job loss ON TOP of a deadly pandemic because realDonaldTrump fiddled while our nation was burning. NOW...an INFERNO!
RandallFrench14 TrumpLiesPeopleDie 70days Covid_19 Coronavirus TrumpOwnsEveryDeath
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The virus kills idiots if you stay isolated instead of going outside you’d be alive and not blaming trump
FakeNews from 1/30/2020 to 2/20/2020 is the lag time. Full tilt since.
We’re told that Trump inherited such agreat economy that the policies he implemented had nothing to do with the great economic boom we had prior to this virus, then the stockpile must have been up to Obama standards, therefore perfect .
How about a report on the status of the National stock before Trump came into office too. Plenty of blame to go around. Even on the progressive protected class that AP covers for.
Good article from austenhufford & joe_palazzolo: 3M raises its domestic N95 facemask production while importing more from its Chinese plant and fighting against COVID19 profiteering Since January, 3M doubled output to 100 million a month. via WSJ
Now do an AP investigation on how the Obama Administration depleted the stockpile to such a state that it put LIVES AT RISK... ThingsThatWillNeverHappen
Maybe if there wasn't a phony impeachment trial wasting millions of tax payer dollars and dominating the news cycle for the last two years, our congress could have been working on better preparing our country and states. Just sayin'
U.S.=Trump
BringTrumpToTrialCOV19Manslaughter TrumpHasBloodOnHisHands
Why?
Their use of ambiguous language is very telling. Give actual facts and let me see the documents you have. Unfortunately I no longer trust your organization. 😢
I see a lot of trump heads deflecting here. Not a single defense of trump’s culpability. Just blaming others who are not THE POTUS. Trump owns this. And his supporters as well, because they enabled this. And you can tell they know it.
Just FYI, the USA is stopping ventilators, already purchased and due to be shipped to Barbados, the ventilators for this small island have been impounded in the US.
How about telling the TRUTH for once... The Obama administration used millions of PPEs during the H1N1 virus AND NEVER REPLENISHED THE FEDS STOCKPILE. And that's the truth!
Wasted. Wildfire. Creative journalism from the AP as usual.
Obama failed to replenish the federal stockpiles after his H1N1 & Ebola. Obama gave $1.8 BILLION to Iranian mullahs, the largest state sponsors of terrorism. Worse yet, Governors and Mayors, who are directly responsible for emergency preparedness & response, failed to prepare.
Trump’s 70 days of denial, delays, & dysfunction cost lives Trump’s 70 days of denial, delays, & dysfunction cost lives Trump’s 70 days of denial, delays, & dysfunction cost lives Trump’s 70 days of denial, delays, & dysfunction cost lives COVID19 Covid_19 70days
Why would the stockpile need to be beefed up? What were you all expecting in 2016? Why weren’t they already beefed up over the last several decades? More?
Coulda, woulda,Shoulda. What’s important right now is stopping this virus. Save your Trump bashing till this is all over
Peddling Chinese propaganda?
Who cares? Masks do nothing anyway /experience. Ventilators not needed yet. But you be you, AP.
More like hospitals should have been more prepared
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Ignored is the fact that due to suppression of information on the virus from China, months were lost in getting prepared for the pandemic.
They were dealing with impeachment witch hunt to be fair - and accused of racism for shutting down travel..
What about the misinformation from China and the WHO on the seriousness? What about the states who didn't purchase masks of ventilators years ago?
Trumps incompetence killed Americans
70 days of golfing and talking about fake news. Trumpisaloser and so is the whole clan realDonaldTrump IvankaTrump and that woman be married jaredkushner
you mean like the urgency this guy Tweeted and has taken it down, AP just another propaganda arm of the Democrats
the stockpile that was depleted by obama and never replenished?
Odd, not a single word about the fact that the Obama administration did not replace the 100M masks they pulled out of the stockpile in 2009.
3M was busy sending them abroad. FEMA procurers have been unable to get them.
You can thank those impeachment bastards first.
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I cant make this stuff up
Governors squandered money and time!!
Up until Jan 14, China announced there was no case of Human To Human transmissions. 2 weeks later Trump closed the border
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Fake News Garbage
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Were there no state stockpiles? National stockpiles are for backup to states who dropped the ball.
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