Governor: Feds have diverted away shipments of protective gear meant for Wyoming
Gov. Mark Gordon said the federal government has canceled shipments of protective medical equipment intended for Wyoming doctors fighting the coronavirus and instead sent them to hot spots elsewhere in the country.
“It is very frustrating, extremely frustrating, when we have orders that are supposed to be on their way and find that FEMA, the agency that’s supposed to be helping us, is preempting that order,” a frustrated Gordon said at a Friday press conference.
The shortage of protective gear — the masks, goggles, gowns and gloves used by health care providers to ward off contamination — has been a persistent problem across the state and country. In Natrona County, officials have described it as a critical problem facing providers treating potential and confirmed COVID-19 patients.
Tens of thousands of masks, gloves and other equipment have been distributed across the state recently, as state and national stockpiles have been tapped. But national stores are growing increasingly strained, officials said earlier this week, and the shortage of equipment is not confined to Wyoming.
Read more: https://trib.com/news/state-and-regional/health/governor-feds-have-diverted-away-shipments-of-protective-gear-meant-for-wyoming/article_5a24796f-91f9-5dc0-97b0-28efa51f03cf.html
(Casper Star Tribune)
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What's happened to Rethug's beloved free-market principles?
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Officials across the country have vented frustration about states and governors having to bid against each other to get the equipment their hospitals and doctors need. Sen. Chris Murphy, a Democrat from Connecticut, told Kaiser Health News that the bidding wars between states were like “Lord of the Flies,” referring to a novel in which children attempt to govern themselves and instead become feral.
I guess that invisible hand is the short-fingered 100% political hand of tRump......
That boy ain't right.
and enjoy their freedoms while blue states are on socialist lockdown. 
Seriously, I get that they want to kill us in blue states but now they're screwing over red states too? Someone is getting rich from this. If they are buying low and selling to the highest bidding states, we need to find out who is profiting and how. And then when this is over, prosecute them.
