States are having to fend for themselves to get the medical supplies they need—and the federal government is often making things worse
. “Americans are stepping up — recognizing their own responsibility to help flatten the curve and to protect the most vulnerable among us,” Hogan and WhitmerWhile the federal government has been stepping up and sending much-needed supplies to states—though typically in far smaller quantities than requested— the administration has also made things harder for the states they’re purporting to support.
Tuesday that though the Pentagon has committed 2,000 ventilators to FEMA and the Department of Health and Human Services, the essential devices are currently just sitting around unused because FEMA and HHS “have not asked for them or provided a shipping location.” Lt. Gen.told that there are currently 1,000 ventilators that could be shipped immediately and 1,000 more that could be ready within days, but “we haven't provided any, because as of last night, we were asked to just hold on the ones that we have, and then we will push them when they're ready for them.” The Department of Defense is also currently sitting on three million N-95 respirator masks that the HHS hasn’t yet given an order for, as well as 16 labs capable of testing for the coronavirus.
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