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    Default Federal stockpile of N95 masks was depleted under Obama and never restocked

    AS ALWAYS, THE LIE-O-CRATS ARE BUSY TRYING TO BLAME EVERYONE ELSE FOR THEIR FUCKUPS:





    Los Angeles Times and Bloomberg News: Federal stockpile of N95 masks was depleted under Obama and never restocked



    The national shortage of N95 respirator masks can be traced back to 2009 after the H1N1 swine flu pandemic, when the Obama administration was advised to replenish a national stockpile but did not, according to reports from Bloomberg News and the Los Angeles Times.


    The Trump administration is scrambling to replenish a stockpile of protective medical gear for healthcare workers and patients as the coronavirus sweeps across the nation. N95 respirator masks are one of the most needed medical supplies amid the outbreak.

    The George W. Bush administration published the National Strategy for Pandemic Influenza plan in 2005, which called on the federal government to distribute medical supplies from the Strategic National Stockpile governed by the Health and Human Services Department in the event of an outbreak.

    In 2009, the H1N1 outbreak hit the United States, leading to 274,304 hospitalizations, 12,469 deaths, and a depletion of N95 respirator masks.

    A federally backed task force and a safety equipment organization both recommended to the Obama administration that the stockpile be replenished with the 100 million masks used after the H1N1 outbreak.

    Charles Johnson, president of the International Safety Equipment Association, said that advice was never heeded.

    “Our association is unaware of any major effort to restore the stockpile to cover that drawdown,” he said.

    HHS Secretary Alex Azar reported last month that only 12 million N95 masks were available in the stockpile, “a tiny fraction of the 3.5 billion masks one of Azar’s deputies later testified the nation’s healthcare system would need,” the Los Angeles Times noted.

    Bloomberg News reported similar findings last week, noting, "After the H1N1 influenza outbreak in 2009, which triggered a nationwide shortage of masks and caused a 2- to 3-year backlog [of] orders for the N95 variety, the stockpile distributed about three-quarters of its inventory and didn’t build back the supply.”



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    THIS^^^ IN ADDITION TO THEIR OPPOSING THE CHINA TRAVEL BAN, IGNORING THE PRESIDENT'S MENTIONING IT AT THE PELOSI MELTDOWN SOTU, AND NOW TRYING TO BLOCK/LIE ABOUT THE MOST EFFECTIVE TREATMENT WE HAVE...JUST TO KEEP THEIR "BELOVED CRISIS" GOING.



    " TREASON-O-CRATS".
    TRUMP WILL TAKE FORTY STATES...UNLESS THE SAME IDIOTS WHO BROUGHT US THE 2020 DUNCE-O-CRAT IOWA CLUSTERFUCK CONTINUE THEIR SEDITIOUS ACTIVITIES...THEN HE WILL WIN EVEN MORE ..UNLESS THE RED CHINESE AND DNC COLLUDE, USE A PANDEMIC, AND THEN THE DEMOCRATS VIOLATE ARTICLE II OF THE CONSTITUTION, TO FACILLITATE MILLIONS OF ILLEGAL, UNVETTED, MAIL IN BALLOTS IN THE DARK OF NIGHT..


    De Oppresso Liber

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    Sure Trump sucks, but Democrats are even worse!

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    Cant buy any votes with that so nevermind.
    "Those who vote decide nothing. Those who count the vote decide everything." Joseph Stalin
    The USA has lost WWIV to China with no other weapons but China Virus and some cash to buy democrats.

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    Federal stockpile of N95 masks was depleted under Obama and never restocked

    Duw, there's awful! All those trumpite faces!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Grokmaster View Post
    AS ALWAYS, THE LIE-O-CRATS ARE BUSY TRYING TO BLAME EVERYONE ELSE FOR THEIR FUCKUPS:







    Los Angeles Times and Bloomberg News: Federal stockpile of N95 masks was depleted under Obama and never restocked



    The national shortage of N95 respirator masks can be traced back to 2009 after the H1N1 swine flu pandemic, when the Obama administration was advised to replenish a national stockpile but did not, according to reports from Bloomberg News and the Los Angeles Times.


    The Trump administration is scrambling to replenish a stockpile of protective medical gear for healthcare workers and patients as the coronavirus sweeps across the nation. N95 respirator masks are one of the most needed medical supplies amid the outbreak.

    The George W. Bush administration published the National Strategy for Pandemic Influenza plan in 2005, which called on the federal government to distribute medical supplies from the Strategic National Stockpile governed by the Health and Human Services Department in the event of an outbreak.

    In 2009, the H1N1 outbreak hit the United States, leading to 274,304 hospitalizations, 12,469 deaths, and a depletion of N95 respirator masks.

    A federally backed task force and a safety equipment organization both recommended to the Obama administration that the stockpile be replenished with the 100 million masks used after the H1N1 outbreak.

    Charles Johnson, president of the International Safety Equipment Association, said that advice was never heeded.

    “Our association is unaware of any major effort to restore the stockpile to cover that drawdown,” he said.

    HHS Secretary Alex Azar reported last month that only 12 million N95 masks were available in the stockpile, “a tiny fraction of the 3.5 billion masks one of Azar’s deputies later testified the nation’s healthcare system would need,” the Los Angeles Times noted.

    Bloomberg News reported similar findings last week, noting, "After the H1N1 influenza outbreak in 2009, which triggered a nationwide shortage of masks and caused a 2- to 3-year backlog [of] orders for the N95 variety, the stockpile distributed about three-quarters of its inventory and didn’t build back the supply.”



    https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/n...ever-restocked


    THIS^^^ IN ADDITION TO THEIR OPPOSING THE CHINA TRAVEL BAN, IGNORING THE PRESIDENT'S MENTIONING IT AT THE PELOSI MELTDOWN SOTU, AND NOW TRYING TO BLOCK/LIE ABOUT THE MOST EFFECTIVE TREATMENT WE HAVE...JUST TO KEEP THEIR "BELOVED CRISIS" GOING.



    " TREASON-O-CRATS".
    Trump has had 3 1/2 year to replenish any stock of masks, but he had done nothing. You have confirmed just how inept this administration is.

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    Quote Originally Posted by floridafan View Post
    Trump has had 3 1/2 year to replenish any stock of masks, but he had done nothing. You have confirmed just how inept this administration is.
    No, it was Obama’s fault.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Earl View Post
    No, it was Obama’s fault.
    Obama hasn't been in office for over 3 years. This administration has done nothing in those years.

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    Quote Originally Posted by floridafan View Post
    Obama hasn't been in office for over 3 years. This administration has done nothing in those years.
    Too busy with impeachment which resulted in EXONERATION.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Earl View Post
    Too busy with impeachment which resulted in EXONERATION.
    More total bullshit my dear. Trump is as exonerated as OJ is.

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    Quote Originally Posted by floridafan View Post
    Obama hasn't been in office for over 3 years. This administration has done nothing in those years.
    True, but the fact remains it wasn’t replenished and budget constraints were the reason. The administration chose to spend the budget on other things. The Trump administration went further and greatly crippled the agencies whose job was to ready us for pandemics. It appears no administration has taken the threat of pandemic as seriously as they should, to the public detriment. I hope, going forward that this is corrected.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Phantasmal View Post
    True, but the fact remains it wasn’t replenished and budget constraints were the reason. The administration chose to spend the budget on other things. The Trump administration went further and greatly crippled the agencies whose job was to ready us for pandemics. It appears no administration have taken the threat of pandemic as seriously as they should, to the public detriment. I hope, going forward that this is corrected.
    You are just making shit up, with zero facts behind you.

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    Quote Originally Posted by floridafan View Post
    More total bullshit my dear. Trump is as exonerated as OJ is.
    Wrong...

    OJ was found guilty in civil court.

    “Exoneration”...the action of officially absolving someone from blame; vindication.

    President Trump was officially absolved from blame...and he was vindicated, Snowflake.

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    Quote Originally Posted by floriduhfan View Post
    Obama hasn't been in office for over 3 years.
    Yet leftists tried to give him the credit for the economy for 3 years, cum guzzler.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Phantasist View Post
    True, but the fact remains it wasn’t replenished and budget constraints were the reason. The administration chose to spend the budget on other things. The Trump administration went further and greatly crippled the agencies whose job was to ready us for pandemics. It appears no administration have taken the threat of pandemic as seriously as they should, to the public detriment. I hope, going forward that this is corrected.
    Congress appropriates funds, imbecile. Why didn't nattering Nancy introduce a single bill for pandemic preparedness?

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    Quote Originally Posted by floriduhfan View Post
    Trump is as exonerated as OJ is.
    That's right, todger-tonsils.

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