Postal Service's plan to send 650M face masks to Americans allegedly nixed by White House
Source: ABC News
The United States Postal Service drafted plans to distribute 650 million reusable cotton face masks to Americans last spring -- five to every household -- as the country grappled with the first wave of the coronavirus outbreak, according to USPS internal documents obtained by a watchdog group.
The draft was among nearly 10,000 pages of USPS documents turned over to American Oversight in response to a Freedom of Information Act request. The emails, memos and legal correspondence released illustrate how the agency struggled to address the pandemic in its earliest weeks, as front-line postal workers feared for their safety and executives worried about disruptions to the agency's service and funding.
According to the draft release, the agency, working with the Department of Health and Human Services, would first send masks to areas with high COVID-19 transmission rates at the time -- including Louisiana's Orleans and Jefferson parishes; King County, Washington; New York; and Wayne County, Michigan.
"Our organization is uniquely suited to undertake this historic mission of delivering face coverings to every American household in the fight against the COVID-19 virus," the then-postmaster general and CEO, Megan J. Brennan, said in the prepared release.
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The White House declined to comment on this story, with one official saying off the record that there was concern this plan would create panic.
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to know what to do with a mask and the reason as to why to wear one.................YOU Fuckers HAVE BLOOD ON YOUR HANDS....................its that GD simple......................so fuck you and your panic excuse really go pound sand.......................and your fucking "concern".................
