"What you have all over the country is a lot of people are asking for things that they don't necessarily need at the moment," Kushner said. Kushner on Thursday chided states for requesting equipment in anticipation of needing it in the near future. Hospitals in the commonwealth have warned for weeks that they were experiencing a PPE shortage that would prove critical if there was a surge of cases. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) denounced the Trump administration for reportedly seizing at least two shipments of supplies headed to Massachusetts from the stockpile in March, leaving her state with a fraction of what it ordered. Kushner's press conference came days after Sen.
These masks in the stockpile are OUR masks, paid for by OUR money. Kushner and the federal government work for US, citizens of the United States, who also happen to live in states. His use of the word, "our", is so wrong. "It's not supposed to be state stockpiles that they then use." "The notion of the federal stockpile was it's supposed to be our stockpile," Kushner told the press. When asked about the federal government's response to states that have requested shipments from the Strategic National Stockpile (SNS), Kushner-a former real estate developer with no medical background-suggested states and the residents and healthcare professionals fighting the coronavirus pandemic are not entitled to the use of the government-funded stockpile of medical equipment. Kushner's perceived disdain during his remarks for state governments which have spent weeks pleading for sufficient ventilators, N95 respirators, and other personal protective equipment (PPE) for healthcare providers was denounced by New York Times columnist Michelle Goldberg as "dilettantism raised to the level of sociopathy." Katherine McKeogh, a spokeswoman for HHS said in a statement on Friday, per Politico, that the updates to the webpage text had been in the works before Kushner spoke at Thursday's briefing.Progressives expressed shock at the Trump administration's latest indication that it intends to provide little assistance to states where thousands of people have contracted the coronavirus, after Jared Kushner, senior advisor and son-in-law to President Donald Trump, made his first appearance as a key member of the White House coronavirus task force Thursday evening-and revealed he had little knowledge of how the federal government works. When state, local, tribal, and territorial responders request federal assistance to support their response efforts, the stockpile ensures that the right medicines and supplies get to those who need them most during an emergency." What the U.S Department of Health and Human Services said as of Thursday night: "Strategic National Stockpile is the nation’s largest supply of life-saving pharmaceuticals and medical supplies for use in a public health emergency severe enough to cause local supplies to run out. Department of Health and Human Services is saying now: "The Strategic National Stockpile's role is to supplement state and local supplies during public health emergencies." What you have all over the country is a lot of people are asking for things that they don’t necessarily need at the moment." Kushner added, "The notion of the federal stockpile was it’s supposed to be our stockpile. At Thursday's White House press briefing, he said local and state officials are requesting medical supplies without understanding what they need, the Washington Post writes.
The state of play: Kushner recently joined the administration's coronavirus task force, working with the Federal Emergency Management Agency to oversee the distribution of medical supplies to states. The language on the federal government's public health emergency website has been edited to match statements made by White House adviser Jared Kushner on Thursday in which he said the national stockpile is "not supposed to be state stockpiles that they then use.”
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