Trump insinuated that the missing essential supplies were being sold on the black market, prompting the Joe Biden campaign to say that he is spreading "a grotesque conspiracy theory." The Trump campaign fired back, telling RCP that Biden is making theft "a political issue."
A doctor detailed to an intensive care unit in Michigan during the emergency told RCP his hospital is locking down personal protective equipment, even hiding it in some cases, to prevent theft.
"I've asked the state police to do an investigation, look at places that are selling masks, medical equipment, protective wear, feeding the anxiety."
"Trump failed to prepare our country for the coronavirus outbreak, instead spending months disregarding experts' warnings and misleading the public about the threat we face," Andrew Bates, a Biden campaign spokesman, told RCP. "But rather than taking responsibility for his egregious mismanagement and using the power of the Defense Production Act to ensure our medical professionals on the frontlines have the protective equipment they need for their own safety, as Joe Biden has called on him to do, Trump is attacking doctors, nurses, and hospitals with a grotesque conspiracy theory."
"There are news stories across America detailing the same problem," he told RCP. "We all should be concerned with theft that keeps important equipment from medical professionals and patients, but Joe Biden inexplicably has decided to make this a political issue."
An ER doctor in Indiana told RCP that a patient had attacked hospital staff while trying to steal masks.
"All supplies are closely watched," he said, including the N95 respirators that doctors need to better filter out all airborne particles.
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2020/04/01/missing_medical_supplies_become_part_of_2020_debate.html
A doctor detailed to an intensive care unit in Michigan during the emergency told RCP his hospital is locking down personal protective equipment, even hiding it in some cases, to prevent theft.
"I've asked the state police to do an investigation, look at places that are selling masks, medical equipment, protective wear, feeding the anxiety."
"Trump failed to prepare our country for the coronavirus outbreak, instead spending months disregarding experts' warnings and misleading the public about the threat we face," Andrew Bates, a Biden campaign spokesman, told RCP. "But rather than taking responsibility for his egregious mismanagement and using the power of the Defense Production Act to ensure our medical professionals on the frontlines have the protective equipment they need for their own safety, as Joe Biden has called on him to do, Trump is attacking doctors, nurses, and hospitals with a grotesque conspiracy theory."
"There are news stories across America detailing the same problem," he told RCP. "We all should be concerned with theft that keeps important equipment from medical professionals and patients, but Joe Biden inexplicably has decided to make this a political issue."
An ER doctor in Indiana told RCP that a patient had attacked hospital staff while trying to steal masks.
"All supplies are closely watched," he said, including the N95 respirators that doctors need to better filter out all airborne particles.
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2020/04/01/missing_medical_supplies_become_part_of_2020_debate.html
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