U.S. coronavirus supply spree sparks outrage among allies

By artappraiser on Fri, 04/03/2020 - 11:06pm |

U.S. coronavirus supply spree sparks outrage among allies https://t.co/3v7cJ8ZoY8
— Meg Maggio (@megmaggio88) April 4, 2020

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https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-masks/u-s-coronavirus-supply-spree-sparks-outrage-among-allies-idUSKBN21L253

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3M warns Trump: Halting exports under Defense Production Act would reduce number of masks available to US https://t.co/LSZnZFrpqp
— CNBC Politics (@CNBCPolitics) April 3, 2020

3M pushes back against Trump administration's request to stop exporting US-made N95 respiratory masks to Canada, Latin America. Minnesota-based company warns of 'significant humanitarian implications,' says if other countries retaliate, fewer masks would be available for US. pic.twitter.com/zDx7HZp4gZ
— CBC News Alerts (@CBCAlerts) April 3, 2020

After President Trump accused the company 3M of needing to be pushed by the Defense Production Act to step up production of respirator masks, 3M's CEO Mike Roman says the narrative that the company isn't doing enough is "just not true" and "absurd." https://t.co/Sz3fi0qHd6
— Yamiche Alcindor (@Yamiche) April 3, 2020

Trump invoked the Defense Production Act in an effort to speed up the distribution of desperately needed hospital masks. https://t.co/b90vT9X8u7
— St. Cloud Times (@sctimes) April 3, 2020

by artappraiser on Sat, 04/04/2020 - 1:12am

Trudeau warns U.S. against denying exports of medical supplies to Canada

3M argued that halting exports would cause other countries to retaliate and cease exports to the U.S.

@Politico.com, April 3

by artappraiser on Sat, 04/04/2020 - 4:51am

Piracy? German officials hit US for 'intercepting' 200k masks ordered from 3M factory in China. As American-owned company, US was able to 'confiscate' shipment of special FFP2 & FFP3 masks. @3M is US, but these were made outside US. Tricky. #COVID19 https://t.co/O6oDtrajG3
— Eric Feigl-Ding (@DrEricDing) April 4, 2020

by artappraiser on Sat, 04/04/2020 - 7:22am

Absolutely crazy: Two major shipments of PPE purchased by MA (by the governor) were impounded by the federal government en route. Feds then cited "force majeure" to compel them to sell the millions of masks to them instead. HCW in MA be damned. #COVID19 https://t.co/LEMrdXrdNU
— Eric Feigl-Ding (@DrEricDing) April 4, 2020

2) Insane - MA had created a back channel to get the N95 masks from China via a chartered NE @Patriots plane. Shipment seized in NYC. https://t.co/b2DhGLI5fY https://t.co/c9tupaXhLi
— Eric Feigl-Ding (@DrEricDing) April 4, 2020

3) MA knew the Trump administration was seeking to seize any N95 purchases from China. MA treated the orders as “humanitarian mission” —> but orders still seized. #COVID19 https://t.co/W5RPepMeJn https://t.co/NC4yvwhEsT
— Eric Feigl-Ding (@DrEricDing) April 4, 2020

4) Keep in mind the governor of MA Charlie Baker is even a GOP governor (same party as Trump). And the conservative governor of Alaska was also helping the operation along the way by letting crew of the Patriots plane rest and refuel in Alaska. #COVID19 https://t.co/gVzdLFUPok https://t.co/cTvzCWNCgL
— Eric Feigl-Ding (@DrEricDing) April 4, 2020

5) to be clear, the shipment on the @Patriots plane did make it thru to Boston. Finally. It was the earlier shipments that were seized. #COVID19 https://t.co/3vcukROzA2 https://t.co/AS0YuDSPoS
— Eric Feigl-Ding (@DrEricDing) April 4, 2020

by artappraiser on Sat, 04/04/2020 - 7:43am

heckuva MAGA:

A new machine designed to churn out millions of masks at high speed during a pandemic was green-lit by the Obama administration. In 2018 the Trump administration received a detailed plan on the initiative. It went nowhere. https://t.co/yeACuFq17z
— Dan Zak (@MrDanZak) April 4, 2020

by artappraiser on Sat, 04/04/2020 - 9:39am

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