History Repeats As Trump Admin Fails To Fix PPE Shortage Crisis | Rachel Maddow | MSNBC

Rachel Maddow shows how the Donald Trump administration never bothered to do the work of setting up a proper national supply chain to provide U.S. health workers with adequate PPE, so Americans are forced to deal with the same kinds of shortages as when the epidemic first began in the United States. Aired on 7/02/2020.

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[russellmarcus]

The Trump government's priority is to protect statues not people. Get used to it or vote in a new government.

[chrissearle]

Remind me, who is heading the task force? Oh, right, well no surprise then.

[kerry_fromthaferry]

The last line from Houston, “I cant believe we are now staring down the barrel of that gun”...seriously? Have they not been paying attention to the severity of this virus?

[Relt]

The scary thing is it has only just begun, the worst is yet to come.

[catfish]

How is possible...well let me put this way "stupid is as stupid does"

[crash]

Who’s in charge of supply chain??? They need to be held responsible for this shortage!

[alansmith]

Lysol Cleaning Products are unavailable in stores!
Epic Fail!

[nobibabe]

this breaks my heart.. thank you for putting your life on the line to save lives, blessings I love you. *I am playing my part staying out the way* being safe

[JC-lssp]

tRump is the best argument I've ever seen for birth

[j.c.]

Well, now when he goes to the shelves, he's the one who emptied the shelves. He's the one who didn't restock the shelves. Who's he gonna blame this time?

[IdeasExchange]

Meanwhile the N95 masks are being sold everywhere down here in little old Australia. Go figure.

[AdamWestish]

Well, if you think you're doing "a great job, " then nothing's going to change your opinion, is it? A billion people could die, still wouldn't matter to him. Dunning-Krueger effect.

[StephBer]

Fauci should be shouting, "Told you so!" at Trump but he's a decent human being and doctor and must be devastated by this new surge.
If the situation were reversed Trump would be shouting it from the top of Mount Rushmore. Either way, Trump will still say he's doing a "perfect" job.

[bopdawg]

We’re losing the war because leadership has abandoned the battle. The COVID-19 task force is being dismantled and leadership is declaring victory even while personnel around them are dropping like flies. Under military protocol when a commander fails to lead or won’t lead they are removed.

[rosenbaum]

I live in downtown Houston and not only are our hospitals currently operating at 100% capacity but we are STILL short on tests. People are waiting 10, 12 hours in long lines just to be turned away because WE DONT HAVE ENOUGH TESTS! It's a nightmare.

[randal_gibbons]

Had we done what was recommended by the experts we would be celebrating our Independence from covid-19.

What a country!

[johnwattdotca]

Here in Welland, Ontario, in the steel factories, masks got tossed around like confetti. A foreman could see
your mask turning black and say get a new one, changing every half hour sometimes. But we also did
something I haven't seen anyone talk about anywhere now. We soaked them. That made them filter more
than three times as much. It also cooled your breathing. You could add something scented or medicinal.
Washing one out and putting it back on is something you could do, if you don't have boxes of them lying around.

[nobibabe]

*PPE* Is so important for our heroes 🙏🏾 *Thank You*

[hazelmccloy]

Does Susan Collins think he had learnt anything yet?

[Pureabundance]

Obama did it!! Dammit, in March Obama left the shelves bare.. Yep! Lol 😆