Horse with no Name, of DU, has done a top job with that list. Just one early one caught my eye as seemingly being so outrageous it was weird we hadn't taken notice of it here. The 3rd down
"Comprehensive list of trump HAHA "supporting" the troops"
"• ?The Trump admin seized 5 million masks intended for VA hospitals. Kushner distributes these masks to private entities for a fee, who then sells the masks to the government"
You'd think we wouldn't forget that one so i decided to fact check it. I couldn't verify that it had happened exactly like that. That's not to say it's untrue, just that i can't seem to find a source which verifies what it exactly states.
Chances are there is a link to verify it which i've missed. Or, if that one is slightly misstated it doesn't take away from the overall top job the poster has done there.
Two related articles here.
FEMA seized 5MILLION face masks ordered for veterans and sent them to the federal stockpile, VA official says
* Five million face masks ordered by the Veterans Health Administration were reportedly taken by FEMA
* Masks were meant for staffers at VA hospitals across the United States
* Dr. Richard Stone said the shipment was taken to the Strategic National Stockpile instead
* An appeal resulted in Veterans Health Administration receiving just 500,000 masks
* Veteran Affairs employees complained of supply shortages, but officials previously denied it
* Other hospitals and state officials have accused FEMA of seizing needed medical supplies
* FEMA has denied any wrongdoing
* As of Friday, 6,363 veterans in VA medical care tested positive for COVID-19 and 400 have died
‘Swept Up by FEMA’: Complicated Medical Supply System Sows Confusion
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For weeks, the Trump administration pushed states to procure their own ventilators and protective gear, like masks, gloves and face shields. But a new effort by the administration to create a hybrid system of distribution — divided between the federal government, local officials and private health care companies — has led to new confusion, bordering on disarray, and charges of confiscation.
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Federal officials say they are trying to expedite the shipment to the United States of large quantities of medical supplies procured by private health care providers such as McKesson Corporation, Cardinal Health, Owens & Minor, Medline and Henry Schein. FEMA allows those distributors to sell about half of the equipment to companies and counties that had previously placed orders. The other half of the shipments must be sold to counties that the federal government prioritizes by the severity of the outbreak, based on data compiled by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The federal government will also soon save 10 percent of the supplies on each flight for the national stockpile, according to officials. A Korean War-era production act also allows the federal government to force companies to prioritize its order over another client’s, whether it be a private hospital or another nation.
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In the past week, 14 flights carrying more than 83 million gloves, four million masks, one million gowns and 300,000 respirators have landed in New York, Chicago, Miami, Los Angeles, Columbus, Ohio, and Louisville, Ky. Mr. Pence said more than 50 flights had been scheduled.
The administration pivoted to the system of distribution after President Trump tapped FEMA to replace the Department of Health and Human Services as the agency leading the response to the coronavirus pandemic .. https://www.nytimes.com/news-event/coronavirus . States had previously submitted formal requests to the government to obtain materials from the stockpile.
Because the federal government determines which states are in greater need, governors and hospitals executives preparing in advance for the worst have complained that FEMA was effectively commandeering their personal protective equipment, or P.P.E.
“FEMA realizes that prioritizing P.P.E. deliveries to Covid hot spots can have the unintended consequence of disrupting the regular supply chain deliveries to other areas of the country that are also preparing for the coronavirus,” said Lizzie Litzow, a FEMA spokeswoman, adding that the agency was not seizing any shipments.
The intervention has confused some local officials and company executives who have watched as the administration has repeatedly called on states to find medical supples on their own without relying on the federal government. But hundreds of hospitals continue to struggle with widespread shortages of test kits, protective gear for staff members and ventilators, according to a new report .. https://oig.hhs.gov/oei/reports/oei-06-20-00300.asp by the inspector general for the Department of Health and Human Services.
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Adding to the disarray is the White House’s ad hoc system of disaster response in which the right call to Mr. Trump can result in one county getting priority over another. Advisers to Jared Kushner, the president’s son-in-law, have surprised FEMA officials in recent weeks to deploy supplies to communities after the area’s representatives got through to Mr. Trump, even if the state had not yet gone through the formal process to secure supplies.
For instance, after Mr. Trump heard from friends that the New York public health system was running low on critical supply, Mr. Kushner directed agency officials to ensure that there were enough N95 masks in the administration’s inventory, Mr. Kushner said at a White House briefing.
Now, Democratic governors are trying to balance how to put pressure on the Trump administration without entirely rupturing their relationship.
“It would be like high school cafeteria drama if it weren’t life or death,” said Jared Leopold, a political consultant and the former communications director for the Democratic Governors Association.
“He’s basically playing political games around life-or-death issues and leaving states to fend for themselves, which is unheard-of for a president to show zero federal leadership in the middle of a national crisis,” Mr. Leopold said.
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