The Trump administration says it's directing masks and other critical medical supplies 'to the right place at the right time.' But Montana Gov. Steve Bullock says his state isn't seeing any of that help.
While the Trump administration is sending out supplies from the Strategic National Stockpile, that hasn't been nearly enough and a nationwide shortage persists. Last month, President Trump told governors to find their own supplies and that the federal government is not"a shipping clerk."to help alleviate the supply crunch by bringing in more supplies from outside of the U.S. more quickly.
"There were some — a few standouts that we were concerned about, which was Vermont, New Hampshire, Idaho, and Montana," Birx said at a press briefing this week."These were micro-outbreaks that occurred due to ski events, weddings, and nursing homes." That's left Montana scrambling to find basic medical supplies elsewhere. And like many other states, it's forced to pay exorbitant prices to get them. For example, surgical masks that used to cost $1 each are now being sold for five times that."I was happy to bid up to almost five bucks a mask to try to get a supply into Montana," Bullock said."I had one order probably two weeks ago that I was paying six bucks a mask that ended up canceled.
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