AP Investigation: U.S. ‘wasted’ months before preparing for virus pandemic. The Trump administration squandered nearly two months that could have been used to bolster the federal stockpile of critically needed medical supplies and equipment as the new coronavirus spread across the globe.
As the first alarms sounded in early January that an outbreak of a novel coronavirus in China might ignite a global pandemic, the Trump administration squandered nearly two months that could have been used to bolster the federal stockpile of critically needed medical supplies and equipment. https://apnews.com/090600c299a8cf07f5b44d92534856bc
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