The surgeon general says states need to be “Rosie The Riveter” as the country prepares for a crisis resembling World War II
The federal government’s top public health spokesman invoked World War II as the U.S. heads into a new, deadlier phase of the coronavirus pandemic, warning in interviews Sunday that this is a “Pearl Harbor moment.”
“This is ludicrous,” said Washington Gov. Jay Inslee, a Democrat. “The surgeon general referred to Pearl Harbor. Can you imagine if Franklin Delano Roosevelt said, ‘We’ll be right behind you, Connecticut. Good luck building those battleships?’”, said the state’s medical resources will be overwhelmed in less than a week without an influx of federal aid.
Earlier this week, President Donald Trump again declined to implement a national stay-at-home order, and scolded governors for their appeals for help, part of ato shift responsibility away from the federal government. Jared Kushner and other White House officials also said states should not depend on the medicines and medical equipment in the Strategic National Stockpile.
Leaving states on their own, however, has had serious consequences. Many governors say they’ve been forced to bid against one another, the federal government and other countries for supplies on the open market and pay exorbitant rates for basic protective gear.
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