The Trump administration’s new method for distributing medical supplies has led to charges of confiscation.
In Massachusetts, state leaders said they had confirmed a vast order of personal protective equipment for their health workers; then the Trump administration took control of the shipments.
In Kentucky, the head of a hospital system told members of Congress that his broker had pulled out of an agreement to deliver four shipments of desperately needed medical gear after the supplies were commandeered by the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
Gov. Jared Polis of Colorado thought his state had secured 500 ventilators before they were “swept up by FEMA…”
To read the entire article from The New York Times, click https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/06/us/politics/coronavirus-fema-medical-supplies.html
I do not understand why people are being so greedy with these supplies. If the government want’s the control then damn it, start handing these items out to the hospitals, police, and to the paramedics. We are all dealing with this virus and the hording needs to come to a stop. Let’s all work together in this and maybe, just maybe, we will survive.
Not “people” Dawn. . . . . Donald J Drumpf (to use his original German name). . .