Help from ventilator stockpile inconsistent as states appeal to feds, Pres. Trump.
The latest news and biggest developments to keep you informed about the deadly pandemic.where he stressed the need for Colorado to receive more ventilators to treat coronavirus patients, a presidential directive arrived via tweet.
Following a call with administration officials Wednesday afternoon, Colorado Democrat Rep. Diana DeGette expressed concern to her colleagues about the way in which the federal government was prioritizing ventilators and who gets what, sources familiar with the call said. Last week, Trump ally Rep. Lee Zeldin, R-N.Y., received word the administration would be sending immediate help to Suffolk County, New York.
Administration officials have denied politics plays a role and explained the distribution of ventilators and PPE is based on a number of different factors in each state. The Emergency Operations Center logistics officer told ABC News “all ventilator requests were put on hold and Colorado was no exception.”
FEMA told lawmakers on the House Oversight Committee during a briefing last month that most of the 100,000 ventilators that President Trump has promised will not be available until late June at the earliest, according to a readout of the briefing from the committee's Democrats -- a timeline the president confirmed this week.
Massachusetts lawmakers, including Democratic Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Ed Markey, said in a letter to FEMA this week that 100 ventilators was “grossly insufficient” and asked the agency to provide an answer by April 15 as to why the federal government initially said the state would be receiving 900 more ventilators than it ultimately received.
In Connecticut, Gov. Ned Lamont said late last week that the state’s model projects a peak in about two to three weeks, beginning in Fairfield County, which is the closest county to New York. Michigan, which has quickly become one of the hotspots, received 400 ventilators from the national stockpile in late March and currently has about 3,000 in the state, but the state’s chief medical executive Dr. Joneigh Khaldun projected Michigan is going to need “thousands more.”
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