White House to distribute 400 million free N95 masks starting next week

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15. I remember when people kept bugging tfg about the stockpile

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and when they finally went in there to start shipping stuff out, they found much of the stored PPE (including the masks) that they were sending to the states/hospitals, were unusable.

County received 5,000 rotted masks from national stockpile

By KIM CHANDLER April 2, 2020


MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — More than 5,000 medical masks that Montgomery County received from the national stockpile were rotted, the local emergency management director said Thursday. States and cities are receiving shipments from the National Strategic Stockpile to try to relieve shortages in medical equipment because of the COVID-19 outbreak.

Christi Thornton, the city/county emergency management director, said the shipment of 5,880 procedure masks received last week were unusable because of dry rot. The masks had a 2010 expiration date, according to the city’s response to a survey by the U.S. Conference of Mayors.

Thornton said they received a replacement shipment Wednesday. Dr. Don Williamson, president of the Alabama Hospital Association, said Wednesday that he is extraordinarily concerned about hospitals’ dwindling levels of personal protective equipment. He said hospitals are measuring their supplies “in terms of days, not weeks.”

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Jones, noting the problem with the rotten masks shipped to Montgomery, said he is concerned national stockpile shipments have been inadequate and states are in a “hunger games” competition, bidding against each other for private purchases.

https://apnews.com/article/emergency-management-health-virus-outbreak-don-williamson-montgomery-2b1c7d508dbee187aba31b675f8c5685

So they definitely need to keep it moving in there.