WASHINGTON, D.C.A a??A At todaya??sA House Homeland Security Committee hearing onA a??Reviewing Federal and State Pandemic Supply Preparedness and Response,a?? the Trump administration came under fire for itsA continuedA failure to help states get the resources they need to protectA peopleA from Coronavirus.
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The Trump Administration’s Failure Protect People From Coronavirus
Among other concerns,A lawmakers highlightedA the administrationa??sA lack of a coordinated planA to deliver personal protective equipment (PPE) toA health careA andA other essential workersA during the pandemic, andA slammedA its decision to giveA contractsA to unproven vendors likeA FillakitA a??A a company that was establishedA by former telemarketer Paul Wexler, who hasA run afoulA of government regulators in the past,A just six days before it secured a multi-million dollar FEMA contract a?? to produce necessary materials for Coronavirus test kits.
AA reportA by Accountable.US sheds more light on these failures, with internal emails between state public health and Trump administration officialsA showing chaos and mismanagementA on the federal level.
a??For months, wea??veA watchedA the Trump administration fail in its duty to help states get the resources they need to protectA peopleA from COVID-19. Trump and his alliesA cana??tA keep ignoring the problems in their pandemic responseA and expecting the situation to improve. As the nation continues to combat this crisis, the administration needs to step up andA helpA statesA getA the suppliesA they needA to protect Americansa??A health and wellbeing,a?? saidA Kyle Herrig, president of Accountable.US.
Details Of The Report
TheA reportA includes details on the following:
- New MexicoA sent a letter pleading for critical-need supplies after its order from the Strategic National Stockpile arrived 25% short.
- After repeatedA assurancesA by FEMA officials that it was not seizing PPE intended forA Iowa,A numerous hospitals in the state reportedA that they failed to receive items in a??critical need.a??
- AsA GeorgiaA pleaded with the administration for just 20 ventilators, Florida sat on a supply of 5,000.
- AfterA GeorgiaA only received a small portion of its PPE order, the Trump administration instructed state officials to file a second requestA a??A andA wait in the queue for the supplies.
- GeorgiaA had a shipment of ventilators arrive late with no explanation from the federal government a?? an error with potentially deadly consequences.
- IdahoA attempted to source N95 Masks from a South African distributor, only to have that shipment blocked from leaving the country after Trump announced the U.S. would block exports to American allies.
- ColoradoA complained about the use of the IHME model used by the federal government to guide its COVID-19 response, leading the Trump administration to commandeer PPE and ventilator orders meant for the state.
See more information obtained throughA Accountable.USa??sA 50 States Open Records ProjectA on the groupa??sA website.
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