'His attempts to shirk blame for the catastrophe are growing increasingly pathological' writes jonathanchait
The buck stops somewhere else, Trump says he heard. Photo: Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images The Trump administration dithered as the coronavirus swept the planet, and because of its delay, has had to scramble to provide hospitals with the equipment they need to save lives and protect patients and health care workers, such as face masks and ventilators. State officials, doctors, and nurses have been pleading for more of both.
Some members of Trump’s own administration were fully aware that American hospitals would soon need massive numbers of masks. On February 5, HHS Secretary Alex Azar asked for $2 billion to purchase more, and was shortchanged by the Office of Management and Budget, reports the Washington Post.
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