martes, 10 de marzo de 2020

The ultimate prepper

The Readout
Damian Garde & Meghana Keshavan

The ultimate prepper

Since people seem to be buying up every antibacterial wipe and hand sanitizer bottle available in supermarkets and on Amazon, many are concerned that there won’t be enough supplies left for the health care workers who are actually treating people affected by Covid-19. 

The federal government, in theory, should be able to help. About $7 billion of emergency medical supplies — including 13 million N95 masks, which can protect health care professionals working with coronavirus patients — are stored in an undisclosed location (naturally). 

The government is already drawing on its reserves — but as STAT’s Lev Facher reports, some public health experts think it’s not acting fast enough.

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