Posted on 03/28/2020 7:40:56 PM PDT by Biser
They were ready to roll whenever disaster struck California: three 200-bed mobile hospitals that could be deployed to the scene of a crisis on flatbed trucks and provide advanced medical care to the injured and sick within 72 hours.
Each hospital would be the size of a football field, with a surgery ward, intensive care unit and X-ray equipment. Medical response teams would also have access to a massive stockpile of emergency supplies: 50 million N95 respirators, 2,400 portable ventilators and kits to set up 21,000 additional patient beds wherever they were needed.
In 2006, citing the threat of avian flu, then-Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger announced the state would invest hundreds of millions of dollars in a powerful set of medical weapons to deploy in the case of large-scale emergencies and natural disasters such as earthquakes, fires and pandemics.
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IIRC not too long ago California did NOT want any US Navy ships within sight?
“Im surprised MSN published this.”
They’re vultures and this is roadkill.
Gov Jerry Brown is the same democrat governor who diverted funding away from the Oroville Dam, despite protests that it could fail and potentially collapse. The funding was there, and Jerry Brown diverted it to other projects. The dam failed and is still being repaired.
Buy emergency medical gear to be prepared for a future disaster or buy votes?
It’s obvious which choice is routinely made by democrats.
LA Mayor Suggests City Is Less Than A Week Away From Reaching NYC Coronavirus Levels
CA Dismantled Its Mobile Hospital System, Ventilator, Respirator Stockpiles in 2011
This was the city, Los Angeles California.
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