In an interview, @GovInslee shared deeply alarming new details about the failure by Trump and the federal government to deliver needed medical supplies.
“We could use a stronger voice out of the White House to mobilize this nation,” Inslee told me:
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He was shocked to learn that a manufacturer of key test equipment had *not* been contacted by the feds, and was thus reluctant to ramp up production, because there was no indication it would be paid for!
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If and when the curve flattens, we're going to need *more* testing, not less. That's because without it, resuming normalcy risks a second wave.
Trump's failures have left us behind on this, too.
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@GovInslee tells me critical testing isn't happening in dozens of treatment facilities because they can't get swabs!
“It seems ridiculous that the US can’t produce enough swabs to solve this problem," Inslee says.
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