Hospitals across US say feds are seizing masks and other coronavirus supplies without a word

[Newest Reality]

WASHINGTON -- Although President Donald 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.adn.com/nation-world/2020/04/08/hospitals-across-us-say-feds-are-seizing-masks-and-other-coronavirus-supplies-without-a-word/

[SheltieLover]

1. This is beyond disturbing!

And has been going on for a while! 🤬

[donkeypoofed]

2. Just ask the Red States where they are

Blue States won't have them.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

3. That fits the behavior of the Grotesque Orange Pustule.

[Mike 03]

4. They're not in Arizona, that's for sure.

Our biggest hospital system yesterday begged civilians to make homemade masks for our health providers.

So I don't know where they're going. Are they being called back because states aren't paying enough, to make states bid against each other to jack the prices up?

[Bernardo de La Paz]

8. Yes. Artificial scarcity to make states bid prices UP. "Cornering the market". . . . nt

[CountAllVotes]

5. GOOD!!!

Could this be the reason why?

I threw the ones made in China away -- all of them!

Link to tweet

Ignore this if you care to do so but the ones I had are in the dump!

[2naSalit]

6. Going to jared's stockpile...

to be sold and resold for the most grifting dollars possible.

[Hekate]

7. Once again: how very Soviet of the Trump regime.

How very fcking Soviet. Gods damn them to Hell.

At Gov Newsom's press conference at noon today, someone asked him about this. I think he knew already, but gave a bland answer about having a good relationship with FEMA, I think. Judging by what he has said and done so far, I trust he is on it. Fingers crossed, anyway.