NPR found that as the coronavirus took hold in the U.S., many federal agencies were aware a PPE shortage was looming. But efforts to boost supplies didn't begin until weeks after the first warnings were sounded.
NPR wanted to understand how this situation happened. How did the best-funded health care system in the world wind up sending nurses into wards full of people sick with a mysterious new respiratory virus without basic personal protective equipment?
"Demand is up to 100 times higher than normal," Tedros said."There are depleted stockpiles and backlogs of four to six months. Global stocks of masks and respirators are now insufficient to meet the needs." "Our main concern is that health care employers are not prepared," said Bonnie Castillo, executive director of National Nurses United, the nation's largest nurses' union.
During those crucial early weeks of the pandemic, President Trump was sending a different message, downplaying the threat of COVID-19 in the United States.Feb. 10."So that would be a good thing. But we're in great shape in our country.""Everyone I've spoken to has taken substantial steps to make sure they are prepared," Nancy Foster of the American Hospital Association said in an interview with NPR in late February.
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