Governors and hospitals are bidding against each other for life-saving supplies as they seek to combat the coronavirus pandemic — and a lack of White House guidelines is making things worse
The absence of coherent guidelines from the White House has created a battle among states and hospitals, which have been hooked into bidding wars over key provisions to combat the coronavirus pandemic, driving up their prices and raising worries that regions in desperate need of immediate aid, like New York City, could be squeezed out and patients left to die.
What is not working, political and public health leaders on the front lines say, is the current, scattershot approach which appears to rely on shaky verbal commitments from major companies, which can turn around and shop for higher prices, and rich individuals, who do not have a clear view of where the greatest need for life-saving equipment resides.Governors, members of Congress, reality TV stars and private business leaders are all swimming in the void.
Illinois gov on FEMA supply: It's like the wild west out here 02:20Facebook, Tesla and 'Real Housewives'Desperate health care workers are fundraising on their own and pleading with private citizens to donate what had been common supplies. There has also an upswing in uncoordinated efforts from rich donors, like Facebook, which is tapping its own"emergency reserve" of medical grade masks, according to CEO Mark Zuckerberg, and"working on sourcing" millions more.
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