LA Times: Hospitals say feds are seizing masks and other coronavirus supplies without a word
WASHINGTON — Although President Trump has directed states and hospitals to secure what supplies they can, the federal government is quietly seizing orders, leaving medical providers across the country in the dark about where the material is going and how they can get what they need to deal with the coronavirus pandemic.
Hospital and clinic officials in seven states described the seizures in interviews over the past week. The Federal Emergency Management Agency is not publicly reporting the acquisitions, despite the outlay of millions of dollars of taxpayer money, nor has the administration detailed how it decides which supplies to seize and where to reroute them.
Officials who’ve had materials seized also say they’ve received no guidance from the government about how or if they will get access to the supplies they ordered. That has stoked concerns about how public funds are being spent and whether the Trump administration is fairly distributing scarce medical supplies.
“In order to have confidence in the distribution system, to know that it is being done in an equitable manner, you have to have transparency,” said Dr. John Hick, an emergency physician at Hennepin Healthcare in Minnesota who has helped develop national emergency preparedness standards through the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine.
https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2020-04-07/hospitals-washington-seize-coronavirus-supplies
The medical leaders on the front lines of the fight to control the coronavirus and keep patients alive say they are grasping for explanations. “We can’t get any answers,” said a California hospital official who asked not to be identified for fear of retaliation from the White House.
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Buying online is a very bad idea. It is worse than buying them off the back of the truck because at least you can SEE who is driving the damned truck!
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Contaminated!
I for one am glad! I threw the ones away that I had when I first heard about this a few days ago!
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The ones I had were taken to the dump and burned!
GOOD GOD!
Read the replies in Chinese!
Who cares to take the risk of a mask made in China if it was taken from a dead person and recycled?
Who wishes to use a mask that is old and contaminated and made out of someone's underwear?
NOT ME and I hope you will heed this warning! PLEASE!!!
