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The federal government is reportedly quietly seizing medical supplies from hospitals across the country

Two crossed lines that form an 'X'. It indicates a way to close an interaction, or dismiss a notification.Hospitals in seven states say the federal government has been quietly seizing medical supply orders amid the coronavirus crisis, a Los Angeles Times investigation revealed April 7.

A FEMA representative told the newspaper that "high-transmission areas were prioritized, and allocations were based on population, not on quantities requested.

President Donald Trump also enacted the Defense Production Act — a law that allows the president to call for ramped up production of certain materials during a national crisis — to boost production of ventilators in the country. A hospital system in Massachusetts told the LA Times they never received its order of masks as the state battles 16,790 cases and the death toll in the state surpasses 400.

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No different than what Gov. Cuomo is doing in NY...

Sounds like a Jared-kind of thing 🙄 Lord help us all. 😳

Not quietly seizing, FEMA is putting needed supplies in warehouses for distribution to needed covid19 breakouts. Nothing quiet about that. IMO

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