Unfortunately, Donald Trump’s empty words once again haven’t led to any meaningful action. Lives are on the line, and Trump’s stubborn refusal to use the #DefenseProductionActNow to further ramp up production of #PersonalProtectiveEquipment & ventilators is a dereliction of duty.
Trump’s dithering response & refusal to exercise the #DefenseProductionAct to marshal a full-scale mobilization will result in fewer ventilators being produced. Bottom line: because of this, many Americans who otherwise could have been saved will die.
This isn’t fear-mongering, it’s math. We simply do not have enough #PPE and #Ventilators to protect healthcare workers on the front lines combating the #COVID19 pandemic AND keep Americans alive who suffer severe illness weeks after becoming infected.
Through the tragedy playing out in Italy right now, our nation can view a real-world example of the coming crashing waves of sick #COVIDー19 patients that will overload & devastate our healthcare system.
Making matters worse, the Trump administration’s refusal to use the @WHO #COVID19 test, combined with its failure to develop & mass-produce a @CDCgov test, will result in many workers continuing to go untested and risk infecting their own coworkers and families.
Every day that Donald Trump fails to push factories to repurpose and produce more respirator masks under the #DPA to address the #PPEshortage means more & more first responders and hospital workers will become infected with #COVID2019 while treating those who are sick.
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