We need 300 million masks and ,say, 5 million Ventilators. Fine.  order them   made. Next week,

Or OK ,the next week. Whatever.

The Post Office can distribute them To the best available list. They'd know how to do that.

Meanwhile  commission the three most competent  suppliers to design the best  replacement  masks or ventilators that can go into production afterwards, To replace the ones that need it. 

The whispering around the enunciation of a triage  protocol to inform the provision to COVID19 patients of aggressive life support (ventilators to the right...)vs. "comfort care" (sedation to the left) makes timely a consideration of the hazards attendant upon the provision  at the threshold of intervention of an accurate personal and medical history.

Remember how in 2016 the media and party told Bernie it's over, that Hillary had it wrapped up, just like for Joe with his whopping 150 margin post-Super Tuesday? Me neither.

I do remember a lot about Superdelegates, as if that changes things.

Hillary lead in pledged delegates:
197 Nebraska of 1130
206 Mississippi of 1334
321 Ohio of 2031 (halfway point)
296 Utah of 2162
230 Washington of 2304
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4051 Total Pledged Delegates

The V.A. is preparing to back up the health care system.

More than once I have advocated for expansion of the Veterans Administration to become our National Health Service.

It appears that thanks to the current plague pandemic the VA is on track to this 'finale,  but the implicit arrival at the realization that health care cannot intelligently be a profit driven enterprise is going to be a hard learned lesson.

Only noticed it because some very savvy people I follow have followed it. 

President Joe Biden (So-Called) @biden4pres

I’m not selling ya coupons; just a snappy VP with a whole lotta gumption and half a mind to do it. Running for all fifty, Jack

It would be wrong, in the excitement of watching Trump circle the drain labeled "coronavirus/katrinaflush" to overlook the message sent today in the Appellate endorsement of Judicial abstention vis a vis "absolute immunity" for executive branch employees when summoned before the legislative branch

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Trump Scores Major Win In Fight Over House Subpoena Of Don McGahn

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/dc-circuit-appeals-court-mcgahn-rulin...

Trump has ordered Pence to control, filter and spin all virus information and statements by government health officials, to protect Donald Trump's re-election. Keeping American citizens in the dark is the Soviet system, authoritarian solution.

This is not the Onion, but front page NYT:

Pence Will Control All Coronavirus Messaging From Health Officials