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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums"Roughly 280 million masks in warehouses around the U.S. were purchased by foreign buyers on Monday
Rachel Maddow MSNBC
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Roughly 280 million masks in warehouses around the U.S. were purchased by foreign buyers on Monday alone, according to Forbes. A FEMA spokesperson said the agency has not actively encouraged or discouraged U.S. companies from exporting overseas.
Iliyah
(25,111 posts)KayF
(1,345 posts)Backseat Driver
(4,335 posts)crickets
(25,896 posts)OAITW r.2.0
(23,813 posts)Donald Trump's idea of profiting on a biological disaster. He will benefit from this in some way. A criminal operation if there ever was one.
MerryBlooms
(11,728 posts)SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)lettucebe
(2,336 posts)as they are obviously going with highest bidder, rather than trying to save fellow Americans. This is sickening. Profits over people is not okay.
I'd like to see those companies forced out of business after this, or let the government take over their factories and force them to work for the US.
genxlib
(5,506 posts)https://www.forbes.com/sites/daviddisalvo/2020/03/30/i-spent-a-day-in-the-coronavirus-driven-feeding-frenzy-of-n95-mask-sellers-and-buyers-and-this-is-what-i-learned/#38a10fb356d4
It is just one anecdotal story but needs to be followed up by the other major media players to pin down the reality of the supply chain failures.
catsudon
(839 posts)and those masks ended up in another country......
lark
(23,003 posts)Sending 280 million dollars worth of PPE (I forget if ventilators were included) to China, insufficient reserves of PPE or vents for Americans, refusing to use the DPA to marshall our supplies so he can blame Dem governors for the loss of life, yep he is killing us on purpose, and destroying our economy and country as ordered by PUtin.
2naSalit
(86,048 posts)private corporations told Jared/-45 not to let that happen so they can gouge the shit out of this thing.
Like Blogo said, "...this is fucking GOLDEN!"
And that is the slogan behind closed doors.