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What? We have a national stockpile and they're just getting around to dispersing it after pleas for help? He sounds as inept as iq45.
FEMA administrator says more masks are being shipped from stockpile amid shortage
57 mins ago
Critical medical gear is still in short supply as the nation grapples with new coronavirus, but Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator Peter Gaynor said on ABC's "This Week," that masks are in the midst of shipping from the national stockpile, but could not provide details on a concrete timeline.
a man wearing a suit and tie: FEMA Administrator, Peter Gaynor, speaks during the daily briefing on the novel coronavirus at the White House, on March 21, 2020, in Washington. © Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images FEMA Administrator, Peter Gaynor, speaks during the daily briefing on the novel coronavirus at the White House, on March 21, 2020, in Washington.
"They're shipping today, they shipped yesterday, they'll ship tomorrow," Gaynor said on Sunday.
"When you say 'they,' how many? Which masks? The new masks?" Co-Anchor Martha Raddatz pressed.
Raddatz pushed Gaynor further on the question as the need looms from coast to coast: would health care systems become overwhelmed before masks arrive?
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C_U_L8R
(45,003 posts)Midnight Writer
(21,768 posts)Walleye
(31,028 posts)Sugar Smack
(18,748 posts)There's my fear: It'll happen again.
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)Ministry of Truth. George Orwell's 1984 is playing out in real time.
Midnightwalk
(3,131 posts)Incompetence. Theres too many to count and we dont know how many we shipped where.
You know with a spread sheet or something.
How do they know whether California vs Idaho is getting how many? How do they know whether they already shipped Californias share already when they call back later today and ask if they shipped?
Who is the recipient? Is it just going to another fema depot in California to be warehoused again?
Delegation to the state health departments might make sense The states know best where supplies are needed.
That doesnt excuse the incompetence of not knowing. The spokesperson might not have had the numbers at hand but should have the confidence to say well give out numbers tomorrow.
I might have to break quarantine later. My bullshit detector is blaring alarms and were getting low on batteries.
I believe supplies are being shipped but have zero trust there is a plan that is being worked. Get some competent people to come with plans and track and report on progress. Its basic management.
matt819
(10,749 posts)And yet so little seems to materialize, except in the minds of trump and his cultists
stillcool
(32,626 posts)the federal govenment is a disaster.