Trump Says 'We're Not Getting Any Calls From Governors' About Shortages, Contrary To Reports
Oh, brother. Does ANYONE believe this? 
https://www.forbes.com/sites/mattperez/2020/04/10/trump-says-were-not-getting-any-calls-from-governors-about-shortages-contrary-to-reports/?fbclid=IwAR1SEsiNdAjgKdikJ0Yv_tGMT-giZhRgSeIPncFF5Ri-k4scBb0qsBkdQYI#29e3c9373974
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Trump Says 'We're Not Getting Any Calls From Governors' About Shortages, Contrary To Reports
Matt Perez
WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 10:
Topline: President Trump during Friday's White House briefing said the administration isn't getting calls from governors for supply shortages, despite hospitals still reporting shortages of personal protective equipment and a new initiative from the Food and Drug Administration to increase recycling of masks and gowns.
The Department of Health and Human Services on Monday released a report that summarized interviews with 323 hospitals that confirmed continued shortages of PPE, and governors like New York's Andrew Cuomo have reported continued shortages, with Cuomo saying Sunday, "We are running short of supplies all across the board."
Stephen Hahn, commissioner of the FDA, says the agency is approving two companies to sterilize N95 masks for reuse up to 20 times and has revised guidelines on making cloth medical gowns along with the typical plastic gowns, as well as on how to launder gowns for reuse.
On April 1, the Department of Homeland Security reported that the emergency national stockpile was nearly empty, and without the Defense Production Act used to coordinate how supplies are distributed in the marketplace, governors have been forced to bid against one another.
After much delay, Trump has used the Defense Production Act to compel companies to ramp up production, including 3M which will make 55.5 million each month and Royal Philips which will produce 2,500 ventilators by the end of May.
On Friday, Cuomo further urged the federal government to use the Defense Production Act to get "millions of millions" of tests required and that the “private sector companies on their own, I don't believe, will be able to come to scale” (meanwhile, Trump repeated that there doesn't need to be widespread testing and that there are enough tests).
Crucial Quote: CNN's Jim Acosta asked about the shortages reported by some doctors, to which Trump said there weren't shortages of PPE and tests and that, "You shouldn't be asking that kind of a question."
Key Background: The U.S. leads the world in confirmed coronavirus cases with 486,490 out of the 1,677,256 globally. On Friday, global deaths rose past 100,000, with the U.S. reporting 18,022. The administration is now predicting around 60,000 Americans will die from the coronavirus.
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