Meanwhile nurses are reusing masks because of the shortage.
and ventilators, with New York Governor Andrew Cuomo recently announcing that the worst of the crisis has yet to come.But in spite of the dire prognoses and obvious strain the virus has put on hospitals’ supply caches, Trump continued to question whether or not there was foul play involved in the masks’ disappearances. “That statement was made that they’ve been delivering for years, 10 to 20,000 masks,” he continued. “Okay, it’s a New York hospital. Very — it’s packed all the time.
“I don’t think it’s hoarding ... I think maybe it’s worse than hoarding,” he clarified. In recent weeks, the shortage has mobilized andedicated to hand-sewing the masks, gloves and gowns that first responders so desperately need in order to keep themselves safe from the virus.
, as well as the decision to fire the leadership of National Security Council’s pandemic response team in the spring of 2018, as major failings. Even Dr. Anthony Fauci, the usually measured director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, has previously admitted that the Trump administration was unprepared to meet the moment in terms of its coronavirus response.
"The system is not really geared to what we need right now," Fauci said during a House hearing about coronavirus test kits on
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