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šŸ¦ @AP: Federal agencies only began placing purchase orders for the stockpile of medical equipment in mid-MARCHā€”2 MONTHS AFTER first alarms sounded of a #coronavirus pandemic in EARLY JANUARY.

2 months wasted. How many deaths that didnā€™t have to be?
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By mid-Marchā€”when feds began placing ordersā€”hospitals in several states were treating 1000s of #COVID19 patients w/o adequate equipment & pleading for shipments from the Strategic Natl Stockpile; created 20+ yrs ago to bridge gaps in medical supply chains in a national emergency.
Trumpā€™s #coronavirus response: Too little, too late, too rotten:

ā€œNow, three months into the crisis, that stockpile is nearly drained just as the numbers of patients needing critical care is surging. [States] report receiving broken ventilators & decade-old dry-rotted masks.ā€
šŸ¤ÆšŸ˜ØFederal contracting records show the first HHS order for masks was on MARCH 12. The 2nd MARCH 21 contract didnā€™t even require beginning deliveries to the national stockpile until the END OF APRILā€”AFTER the White House projected the #coronavirus pandemic will reach its peak.
The failures are so profound & endless:

HHS Asst Secy Kadlec told Congress 3/3/20: US needs 3.5 BILLION N-95 masks to get thru the #coronavirus pandemic, but we only had 35 MILLIONā€”ONLY 1%.

šŸ¤ÆAmazingly, Kadlec flubbed the math. He actually said the stockpile had 10% (via @CNBC)
Trump not only didnā€™t replenish the stockpile, the admin depleted itā€¦while assuring we didnā€™t need it:
šŸ˜”Trump dropped ā€œhoaxā€ for ā€œitā€™s very well under controlā€
šŸ˜¬Pence said #coronavirus risk to Americans was ā€œlowā€
šŸ˜ŸPompeo sent 18 TONS of critical N95 masks & supplies to China
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