“When state, local, tribal, and territorial responders request federal assistance to support their response efforts, the stockpile ensures that the right medicines and supplies get to those who need them most during an emergency,” the website reads. Kushner’s comments about the federal stockpiles of medical supplies not being for states did not line up with statements on the Strategic National Stockpile website: Kushner then went on to insist that the administration had found supplies and distributed them “where we anticipate there will be needs.” Image via Youtube… It's not supposed to be states stockpiles that they then use." /9Q7j8QBCMvĭuring his statements, Kushner also bragged about himself and the Trump administration claiming that “we’ve done things that the federal government has never done before, quicker than they’ve ever done it before.” JARED KUSHNER: "The notion of the federal stockpile was it's supposed to be our stockpile. “It’s not supposed to be states’ stockpiles that they then use.” “The notion of the federal stockpile was it’s supposed to be our stockpile,” Kushner said. Read more of MarketWatch’s coronavirus coverage here.Kushner declared that the stockpiles of desperately needed medical supplies that governor’s across the nation have been requesting to help them deal with the COVID-19 pandemic were not meant for the states. Worldwide, cases have topped 1 million, with 55,132 deaths and counting. It found that 57% of Americans approved of their state government’s coronavirus response, compared with 44% who approved of Trump’s response, and 38% who approved of the federal government’s response.ĬOVID-19 has sickened at least 245,658 Americans as of Friday morning, including more than 100,000 in New York, and led to at least 6,068 U.S. Most Americans are turning to their local and state governments for COVID-19 guidance, rather than the federal government, according to an Associated Press/NORC poll conducted between March 26-29. Related: Should all Americans be wearing face masks to protect against coronavirus? Trump, Fauci are closer to saying yes The report also warned that the nation’s critical shortage of ventilators is expected to get worse, adding a FEMA warning that most of the 100,000 ventilators promised by President Trump will not be available until late June at the earliest.
Requested 15,000 body bags received none (0%) Requested 194 million pairs of gloves received 991,000 (less than 1%) Requested 5.2 million N95 masks received 445,000 (less than 10%) The supplies, medicines, and devices for life-saving care contained in the stockpile can be used as a short-term stopgap buffer when the immediate supply of adequate amounts of these materials may not be immediately available.” Many states have products stockpiled, as well. It continued, “When state, local, tribal, and territorial responders request federal assistance to support their response efforts, the stockpile ensures that the right medicines and supplies get to those who need them most during an emergency.”īut today, the federal website reads: “The Strategic National Stockpile’s role is to supplement state and local supplies during public health emergencies.
On Thursday night, it read: “Strategic National Stockpile is the nation’s largest supply of life-saving pharmaceuticals and medical supplies for use in a public health emergency severe enough to cause local supplies to run out.” Some readers have pointed out that the language on the federal website was changed after Kushner comments, however.
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