'It's like a perfect storm for creating a problem.' How did the U.S. come up so short on Personal Protective Equipment? Experts blame the supply chain and our national failure to prepare:
Part of the problem, experts say, is the supply chain. The U.S. has been making fewer masks, gowns and gloves domestically, and instead relied on importing those items from other countries.
A worker piles up a shipment containing supplies of personal protective equipment at Bari airport after arriving from Guangzhou, China, to help the southern Italian region of Puglia combat a spread of the coronavirus disease , in Bari, Italy, April 7, 2020. A worker piles up a shipment containing supplies of personal protective equipment at Bari airport after arriving from Guangzhou, China, to help the southern Italian region of Puglia combat a spread of the coronavirus disease , in Bari, Italy, April 7, 2020.During normal times, that's not an issue. But since the COVID-19 outbreak began in Wuhan and China manufactures roughly 50% of masks and respirators around the world, the country needed masks at home first.
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