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Again...provide a link it was the GOP blocking funding. I posted an article about the Obama admin granting a company a huge contract on ventilators. Said company was purchased by another and couldn't deliver and the Obama admin didn't then go somewhere else. They had the funding. For people complaining about supporting Trump sure have a hard time getting their tongue out of Obama's asshole. Years later, after prototypes were developed, Newport was bought out by Covidien in 2012, and the project ground to a halt. By 2014, Covidien wanted out of the contract, former federal officials told the Times, and the government agreed to cancel it. A year later, Covidien was purchased by Medtronic, which told the Times that the ventilators Newport was developing would not have been usable on newborns and would have fallen short of the government’s requirements. The government entered into a new contract with Philips in 2014, and finally ordered 10,000 ventilators in December 2019, with delivery expected later this year.

Link? Dude they are all guilty (Including Trump) going back past Bush Sr. This includes all state gov.'s.

Great.....then he refused to restock the SNS. https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/health/2020/04/03/fact-check-did-obama-administration-deplete-n-95-mask-stockpile/2941039001/ The article draws from the reporting of outlets including Bloomberg News and the Los Angeles Times. According to Bloomberg News, “after the H1N1 influenza outbreak in 2009, which triggered a nationwide shortage of masks and caused a 2- to 3-year backlog 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/news/los-angeles-times-and-bloomberg-news-federal-stockpile-of-n95-masks-was-depleted-under-obama-and-never-restocked Los Angeles Times and Bloomberg News: Federal stockpile of N95 masks was depleted under Obama and never restocked

Ask Italy how that worked out for them.

Permanent ban on traveling to and from China. Early January 5000 Chinese a day were flying into California. Fuck that.

2 or 3 times if she'd let me.

Not a double barrel.

That is impressive.

He ran the strategic stockpiles down and mc is licking his taint.

Kill yourself.

Because models were telling us or we were being told it would be much much much worse.

Right now its extremely relevant.

96,000 deaths worldwide and 8 billion population. US 16,500 deaths 330 million population.

.005% in the US.

So far the percentage of the world's population lost to COVID-19 according to govt statistics. Whether you think its been overblown or not bravo world for keeping it so low.

Its not just the WHO. There is 15 organizations inside the UN like the WHO and 5 China has already muscled their way into control.

Goes in vanilla comes out chocolate.

Ummmm........wonder if it makes her high? Hey hon.....come here for a second I want to try something.

While I find myself somewhere between current policy and what he is saying he raises some valid points. I know in Iowa hospitals are stressed far less now than under normal circumstances. Yes I know we've sent people home that wouldn't normally and elective procedures are not being done but IN SOME AREA's of the country I think this could be handled somewhat differently or come back to a more normal way of life quicker. Talking with customers in the Raleigh/Durham/Cary area of NC it seems they are seeing something similar to what we are in Iowa. Our infected cases keep going up rapidly but our hospitalizations actually went down today. Yes I know someone just tested positive might not need to be in the hospital for a while but our hospitalization total has stayed relatively level from 500 positive cases to over 1200. The vast majority of our deaths are older and over 40% from nursing homes. https://www.foxnews.com/politics/ex-nyt-reporter-challenging-the-coronavirus-narrative Now he’s turned to challenging the narratives on the response to the coronavirus. What Berenson is promoting isn’t coronavirus denialism, or conspiracy theories about plots to curb liberties. Instead what Berenson is claiming is simple: the models guiding the response were wrong and that it is becoming clearer by the day. "In February I was worried about the virus. By mid-March I was more scared about the economy. But now I’m starting to get genuinely nervous," he tweeted this week. "This isn’t complicated. The models don’t work. The hospitals are empty. WHY ARE WE STILL TALKING ABOUT INDEFINITE LOCKDOWNS?" Hospitals, of course, are not empty in places like hard-hit New York City, and tales are widespread of overburdened doctors and emergency rooms. Berenson acknowledged as much in the interview Thursday.

Another good one. Keep it up you're on a roll.

No because I build other equipment for them too.

That's fucking priceless. Thanks MC.....good for a laugh today.