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USA Today fact-checked that Obama administration depleted federal stockpile of N95 masks
Biz Pac Review ^ | 4/5/2020 | Tom Tillison

Posted on 04/06/2020 7:55:23 AM PDT by Zenyatta

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To: Zenyatta

His crack pandemic response team failed to do the basics to be prepared for a future pandemic.


21 posted on 04/06/2020 8:24:25 AM PDT by gunnut
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To: Ouchthatonehurt

Well, brocko didn’t deplete racial tension...


22 posted on 04/06/2020 8:24:36 AM PDT by Migraine
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To: Ouchthatonehurt

the federal bureaucracy with appointees and holdovers...


23 posted on 04/06/2020 8:24:45 AM PDT by ripnbang ("An armed man is a citizen, an unarmed man, a subject.")
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To: Zenyatta

Press’ angle: Still doesn’t explain why it hasn’t been replenished in 3.5 years since Obama. /pa Not sure the Presidents are at fault but the current incumbent will undoubtedly get the blame.


24 posted on 04/06/2020 8:26:35 AM PDT by Moonlighter
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By the way i was saying that 12k died from the H1N1 influenza.
But i have heard people say as high as 30k?


25 posted on 04/06/2020 8:28:29 AM PDT by Leep (It's another day in stir.)
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highly educated at the top universities

Bull crap. Top universities are an expensive sham. You pay to get in, and as long as you pay, you won't fail or get kicked out. Advanced degrees are even more hideous. As long as you pay, you won't get a grade below a 'B'. Many young adults make university educations 'feel' difficult and that is what they remember. Also bull crap. By no fault of their own, they are young and inexperienced, it's the first time most ever had to have a modicum of discipline.

26 posted on 04/06/2020 8:32:03 AM PDT by ConservativeInPA (It's official! I'm nominated for the 2020 Mr. Hyperbole and Sarcasm Award.)
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Speaking of the “crack pandemic” it is nothing compared to this coronavirus pandemic or is it the other way around?

Overall there were 67,367 drug overdose deaths in the United States in 2018.


27 posted on 04/06/2020 8:34:52 AM PDT by Leep (It's another day in stir.)
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To: ConservativeInPA

Well said.


28 posted on 04/06/2020 9:28:20 AM PDT by Zenyatta
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and the winner of the Joe Biden look alike contest is.. uhhhh... Joe Biden.

Lip service paid while you wait.

29 posted on 04/06/2020 9:33:40 AM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi - Monthly Donors Rock!!!)
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Surprised they didn't just bury the story.

Good point. USA Today is owned by the democrat party and their 'reporters' are shills of the deep state.

30 posted on 04/06/2020 10:52:09 AM PDT by GOPJ (COVID Community Vulnerability Map: https://covid19.jvion.com/ Disease: tinyurl.com/cvirusmap)
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You are allowed up to 300 words with a except (thus we need not open new tabs). Here are 126

Both the Los Angeles Times and Bloomberg News reported that the inventory of N95 masks, which filter out airborne particles, was depleted in 2009.

Bloomberg News reported that the 2009 outbreak “triggered a nationwide shortage of masks and caused a 2- to 3-year backlog orders for the N95 variety,” noting that about three-quarters of the federal inventory was distributed and officials “didn’t build back the supply.”

The Los Angeles Times reported recommendations were made after the outbreak in 2009 to replenish the depleted supplies of N95 respirator masks.

Keep in mind, these are not exactly hostile media outlets when it comes to Obama. In fact, the media was engaged in a slobbering love affair with the former president and these three outlets were near the front of that line.

After laying out a detailed history of the federal stockpile, USA Today noted that the inventory was “seriously taxed” during Obama’s presidency, and that available funds were used not to replenish masks.

The newspaper did say “the Trump administration has not taken significant steps to replenish the masks in the Strategic National Stockpile.”

Nonetheless, the findings show that the inventory was depleted and then neglected by the previous administration.

“We rate this claim TRUE because it is supported by our research, USA Today said of the allegation.


31 posted on 04/06/2020 6:30:44 PM PDT by daniel1212 ( Trust the risen Lord Jesus to save you as a damned and destitute sinner + be baptized + follow Him)
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To: Migraine
Hussein increased the racial divide...There is no doubt about that...At least for any thinking adult.

BTW...does any man here...married to his wife named Michelle...call "her" Micheal more than once?

THAT does not happen....

WE were scammed..by the Dims and the MSM......

32 posted on 04/06/2020 6:39:26 PM PDT by Osage Orange (FWIW)
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