[bob_esb]

No details - just so that they can blame the Trump admin

[battletank]

They need a MILLION masks for at home testing? LOLOL

[silverleaf]

A million masks for firefighters under the excuse they will be doing home testing....seems....excessive. Could the Feds be suspecting corruption?
Hmmmmm.

[LouieFisk]

More detail here:

https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/miami-dade/article242224601.html

[JoSixChip]

why would Miami-Dade firefighters need 1 million face masks?

[Steve_Seattle]

I have an ad blocker, so I can’t read the original story. Does the article say WHY this was done? Was the agency contacted for a response or explanation?

[dgbrown]

They should let them have them. By the time they are done counting them there will be 2 million.

[GoldenPup]

Sounds BS y.

[USS Alaska]

A shipment of 1 million face masks en route to South Florida for firefighters was confiscated last week by the federal government, Miami-Dade’s top emergency management official said.

CONFISCATED??? Tell me more about this armed robbery by the Feds.

[ETCM]

And it turns out to be fake news. The vendor in China couldn't get MDFR the masks and made excuses, which MDFR twisted into blaming the feds. Obviously Trump's fault.

The N95 masks “were in the process of being secured when the vendor notified MDFR that the product was no longer available,” the statement read. “MDFR was notified by the vendor that they will be attempting to secure another allocation from another one of their 3M partners. According to the vendor, the Federal Government was looking at securing a million masks as well, POSSIBLY AFFECTING THE ORDER that was on its way to Miami-Dade County.”

The statement noted it could not confirm the “validity” of the federal government landing the masks instead of Miami-Dade, a scenario that’s been the subject of widespread complaints from state and local governments throughout the coronavirus crisis.

In its own statements, FEMA did not address Rollason’s allegation of federal intervention to buy masks headed for the county.

“FEMA is not seizing or taking personal protective equipment (PPE) from state or local governments, hospitals, or any entities who are lawfully engaged in transactions through which these resources are distributed,” the agency said. “FEMA reached out to our contacts at Miami-Dade Fire Department this afternoon. We were told the shipment was never sent to them by the vendor.”

[MV=PY]

"the masks were for firefighters who planned to begin at-home new coronavirus testing for homebound Miami-Dade residents who can't make it to drive-thru testing sites."

1,000,000 masks...?

Do they leave a package on the doorstep if the testing target isn't home?

[granada]

1 million masks for local firefighters?

They should have figured out a better excuse for their mask-hoarding project.

[wastedyears]

Mafia/mob?

[Fresh Wind]

There seems to be a lot of this going on.

Google “federal government confiscating masks” (without the quotes).

[BigEdLB]

IRS agents are short of masks

[BobL]

I also think that 1 million masks for less than 2000 front line workers is a bit of overkill, depriving others who could use those same masks this year, rather than in 2023 (when they get towards the end of that stockpile).