10,000 ventilator stockpile claim by trump/pence---

[panader0]

OK, where are they? If they were ever needed, the time is now.
If they're in some government stockpile warehouse, back some
semis up and ship them to needy hospitals. Or, goodness, could
it be another lie?

[Squinch]

1. They never stop lying.

[Demonaut]

4. and they will hold them back if they really exist

[procon]

5. Lie. nt

[mshasta]

2. just like the test....next week...

[stillcool]

3. figuring out a way to sell them?

it's what the con does.

[panader0]

7. Seriously, who keeps 10,000 ventilators stockpiled?

And why?

[stillcool]

9. I saw another post here...

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=13132790

Trump Told Governors to Buy Own Virus Supplies, Then Outbid Them
By Jordan Fabian
March 19, 2020, 4:42 PM EDT
https://www.bloomberg.com/amp/news/articles/2020-03-19/trump-told-governors-to-buy-own-virus-supplies-then-outbid-them?


President Donald Trump’s directive for governors to buy their own medical supplies to fight the coronavirus has run into a big problem -- the federal government.

Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker told Trump during a video conference on Thursday that his state three times lost out to the federal government on purchases of critical supplies, creating an awkward moment during the made-for-TV event at Federal Emergency Management Agency headquarters in Washington.

“I’ve got a feeling that if someone has the chance to sell to you and to sell to me, I am going to lose on every one of those,” a sheepish-sounding Baker told Trump, who chuckled at the remark.

The president replied he still wants governors to seek out their own medical equipment, like protective gear for doctors and nurses as well as respirators, but acknowledged the federal government has greater buying power than any state.

shit gets weirder by the minute.

[Turbineguy]

6. The bullshit flows

like champagne.

[Frustratedlady]

8. How many test kits have been shipped out?

PPEs, swabs...

Saying all this stuff is available doesn't mean tiddily. Show us what you've got, trump.

[Lochloosa]

10. Actually they do have a stockpile of them.

Heard a report on NPR there are seven secret warehouses stocked with med supplies, including ventilators.

The reporter could not reveil much, but they are big.

[spanone]

11. He promised FOUR MILLION tests two weeks ago. He's a stranger to truth.

[RobinA]

12. Well, They Are

in boxes behind the ventilators in a warehouse on Long Island. So they have move all 10,000 vents to get to the tests.

[Lancero]

13. If they do exist, either FEMA or military stockpile.

[Doreen]

14. I heard him on the news awhile ago

saying proudly that 4 million tests were coming.

My first thought was "you complete dumbass, there are well over 300 million people in this country."

[NoMoreRepugs]

15. How does ANYONE with even half a brain believe anything

a 15000+ documented LIAR says????

[dalton99a]

16. Most recent published number on Strategic National Stockpile:

Huang HC, Araz OM, Morton DP, et al. Stockpiling ventilators for influenza pandemics. Emerg Infect Dis 2017;23(6) : 914-921.