The federal government’s haphazard approach to distributing its limited coronavirus supplies has left states trying everything. Sometimes it works. Sometimes it doesn’t.
The state was starting to see hundreds of new coronavirus cases pop up each day, and Polis, a Democrat, worried that hospitals wouldn’t have enough life-saving ventilators to deal with the looming spike.So he made an official request for ventilators through the Federal Emergency Management System, which is managing the effort. That went nowhere. He wrote to Vice President Mike Pence, leader of the White House’s coronavirus task force. That didn’t work. He tried to purchase supplies himself.
In Illinois, Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker got results after he tweeted at the president and complained on TV. In California, Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom, a frequent sparring partner for Trump, chose to instead heap praise on the president. And in Kansas, Kelly submitted seven requests for millions of masks, gowns and gloves that went unheeded until a reporter asked Pence about the situation in a briefing. Pence pledged to call her.
Trump has faced withering criticism that he failed to adequately prepare the country for the coronavirus outbreak after receiving warnings as early as January. Since then, the administration has struggled to provide states with enough tests and provide the proper medical equipment for patients and first responders.
“I’m bidding on a machine that Illinois is bidding on and California is bidding on and Florida is bidding on. We’re all bidding up each other,” Democratic New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Thursday at a briefing. “I’m trying to figure out how to do business with China where I have no natural connection as a state. And every state has to scramble to find business connections with China. It was crazy, that can’t happen again.
“This is a massive undertaking, and the country needs an undisputed person who is organizing all facets of it, someone with experience, someone with strength, someone who will have the full authority of the president behind them,” Schumer said.
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