Trump to States Desperate for Equipment to Combat COVID-19: 'Try Getting It Yourselves'

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President Trump told a group of governors on Monday that they should be a little more industrious in their attempts to obtain the equipment necessary to treat patients infected with COVID-19, and to stop waiting for federal assistance to combat the pandemic.

“Respirators, ventilators, all of the equipment — try getting it yourselves,” Trump said, according to The New York Times, which obtained a recording of the meeting. “We will be backing you, but try getting it yourselves. Point of sales, much better, much more direct if you can get it yourself.”

According to the Times, the suggestion “surprised” some of the governors, who are looking to the federal government for assistance to combat the outbreak.

A nationwide shortage of equipment — particularly ventilators, which assist in breathing — could prove disastrous as the count of Americans who have tested positive continues to rise. According to a recent Johns Hopkins study, U.S. hospitals currently have a total of 160,000 ventilators, and, as Politico notes, there are believed to be around 20,000 additional ventilators in the national emergency stockpile. Considering some public-health experts have estimated that half of the American population (if not more than that) could contract the coronavirus, this is concerning.

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-covid-19-coronavirus-equipment-testing-967987/

"Fuck you. You're on your own," Donald Trump.

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1. That worthless bastard.

I didn't think that I could despise him anymore than I do.

[Sea Turtle]

2. I think he was cutting the red tape

I think he was saying that if you can find it, buy it and the fed will back you. In the past the states had to wait for the fed to purchase it for them or from sources where the fed negotiated the contract. I think he was saying get what you need as soon as you can find it and we’ll sort out the bill later.