Obama Admin Depleted Nation’s Stockpile of N95 Masks, Never Restored Despite Warnings

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The Obama administration depleted the nation's stock of N95 masks during the H1N1 swine flu pandemic in 2009 and then failed to restore it, leaving the nation vulnerable during times of crisis, according to new reports.

The Obama administration depleted the nation’s stock of N95 masks during the H1N1 swine flu pandemic in 2009 and then failed to restore it, leaving the nation vulnerable during times of crisis, according to new reports.

A federally backed task force and a safety equipment organization both urged the Obama administration to replenish the stockpile of 100 million masks, however the recommendation was ignored by the Obama White House.

President Donald Trump may be right to claim that he “inherited” a system that was not ready to fight a pandemic, according to the report.

While the Obama administration was not solely responsible for the current shortage of masks (the stockpile was also not replenished by the Trump administration), the Washington Examinercites Bloomberg News and the Los Angeles Times, while reporting the Obama administration used “millions of N95 masks” in the fight against the H1N1 virus in 2009, and did not replace them:

The national shortage of N95 respirator masks can be traced back to 2009 after the H1N1 swine flu pandemic, when the Obama administration was advised to replenish a national stockpile but did not, according to reports from Bloomberg News and the Los Angeles Times.

A federally backed task force and a safety equipment organization both recommended to the Obama administration that the stockpile be replenished of the 100 million masks used after the H1N1 outbreak, according to the Los Angeles Times.

Charles Johnson, president of the International Safety Equipment Association, said that advice was never heeded.

Bloomberg News reported similar findings last week, noting, “after the H1N1 influenza outbreak in 2009, which triggered a nationwide shortage of masks and caused a 2- to 3-year backlog orders for the N95 variety, the stockpile distributed about three-quarters of its inventory and didn’t build back the supply.”

The Trump administration has moved to enlist the support of private industry to produce hundreds of millions of masks, which are desperately needed for hospitals, and health care workers on the front lines of the fight against coronavirus.

Baxter Dmitry

Baxter Dmitry

Baxter Dmitry is a writer at The People's Voice. He covers politics, business and entertainment. Speaking truth to power since he learned to talk, Baxter has travelled in over 80 countries and won arguments in every single one. Live without fear.
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5 Comments

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  2. To be fair our President Trump’s administration has had three years to get them restocked after President Obama’s failure.

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