@MontereyJack,
Firstly, and most obviously, trump had three plus years and numerous warnings of unpreparedness and did NOTHING
Except play a lot of golf and throw paper towels at hurricane-ravaged American citizens in Puerto Rico, who went without power or drinkable water or functioning hospitals for months. Help them? Not on trump
s radar.
Secondly, Obama used the stockpile seven times to save lives during his two terms. The GOP you will remember kept cutting Obama's budget, no matter how dire the need.
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The stockpile decided to spend the limited funds they got in emergency medicines and drugs that would not be available quickly enough from the private sector, while things like masks and respirators would be available fromm the private sector. Given limited money, that made a lot of sense.
Valid prioritizing certainly. As it turns out GOP intransigence and Trump's fecklessness in not doing his duty, fucked us up.