PPE shortage Trump’s fault?

The problem is that a lot of that stuff has a shelf life/expiration date of a couple years.

So you would be throwing a lot of money away stockpiling it for a pandemic event that happens once every 100 years

And within the next 50 years medicine will have likely advanced to the point where these dont happen anymore in the developed world

If there is such a shortage how does Al Green get his hands on 8000 masks?

Congressman Al Green distributes 8,000 PPE masks to Houston healthcare professionals

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The problem is that a lot of that stuff has a shelf life/expiration date of a couple years.

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sometime needs to look at why a face mask or a ventilator would have an expiration date in storage

So if we moved to socialized medicine that absolutely rations care how much worse does supply become?

Canada's socialized system determines how many MRI machines are within a geographic/demographic area and the number of medical specialists (ie neurosurgeons). In the US we practice defensive medicine where we provide excessive diagnostics due to fear of litigation vs socialized systems that tend to limit diagnostics due to cost concerns.

I hate the litigiousness, but it beats misdiagnosis and improper care.

I'm tired of seeing nurses and doctors posing for pictures with masks and ppe on.

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PPE shortage Trump’s fault?

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No. It's the fault of our (not his) HHR/CDC people. They are all carry overs from administrations past, you can't clean every house in one term and fill the voids with new epidemiologists willing to work for the government. IIRC, CDC has an eight billion dollar budget, they should be smart enough to have figured out how to buy what they needed with the money they we're budgeted, even if it took culling some dead weight, or started howling for more money.

During the Cold War, we had stockpiles of supplies everywhere. IMO, it is inevitable that we will see a flu strain or virus like CV-19, but with a higher infection rate and higher mortality rate. Considering how much money we waste, there is no reason for CDC to not have warehouses filled with cost-effective, utility equipment ready to go. Same with high-voltage power transformers (another inevitable problem for another thread).

This is a result of supply and demand. Even if we started to ramp up when news of the virus broke out, there is no way we could have kept up with what our healthcare system is currently saying they need. It is the definition of capitalism.

So no, it is not Trumps fault. It’s a result of the system we live in.

FWIW I am a capitalist and republican.

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Nowhere have I heard any blame on hospitals themselves for not having supplies necessary for an outbreak. Am I the only one that thinks a smart hospital should have a warehouse filled with gloves,masks, gowns, old ventilators etc—just in case? If not a warehouse, you’d think they would’ve started stocking up in December/January.

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Why are the Governors of states that have the manufacturers actual production facilities waiting for Trump to order conversion to produce necessities? Governors control licensing within their states. Threaten the entire business with closure over licensing if they won't produce.

What's that? It doesn't make a good OMB soundbite? Well yeah, OK, carry on.

You are descending further into the abyss of stupidity.

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The problem is that a lot of that stuff has a shelf life/expiration date of a couple years.

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not if you cycle them through, using older ones first