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States trashing tons of masks, other pandemic gear as huge stockpiles linger
KTLA ^
| Dec 20, 2023
| The Associated Press
Posted on 12/20/2023 6:20:34 AM PST by artichokegrower
When the coronavirus pandemic took hold in an unprepared U.S., states scrambled for masks and other protective gear.
Three years later, as the grips of the pandemic have loosened, many states are now trying to deal with an excess of protective gear, ditching their supplies in droves.
With expiration dates passing and few requests to tap into its stockpile, Ohio auctioned off 393,000 gowns for just $2,451 and ended up throwing away another 7.2 million, along with expired masks, gloves and other materials. The now expiring supplies had cost about $29 million in federal money
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TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: coronavirus; covid; facemasks; masks; pandemicgear; ppe
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The AP found in 2020 that states spent over $7 billion in a few months on PPE, ventilators and some other high-demand medical devices in a seller’s market. Ultimately, the federal government paid for many of the supplies.
Fauci and his cronies got rich off of this. Think of the enviromental damage with all of this going into landfills
To: artichokegrower
China caused the virus.
China made masks to combat the virus.
China made kits to test for the virus.
How’s that for a punch in the gut, America?
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posted on
12/20/2023 6:24:27 AM PST
by
Leaning Right
(The steal is real.)
To: artichokegrower
As a side note, I ordered my blood thinners from Canada recently and they included in the package a Face Diaper which went right in the trash...?
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posted on
12/20/2023 6:28:56 AM PST
by
eyeamok
To: artichokegrower
“Think of the enviromental damage with all of this going into landfills”
What I think of is the carnage of humans going into cemetery plots caused by an experimental injection.
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posted on
12/20/2023 6:29:09 AM PST
by
V_TWIN
(America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave!)
To: artichokegrower
I can still see the Surgeon General instructing us on how to make a mask....like we're a bunch of idiots.
All you have to do is watch an old western...why do you think those giddy up guys wear a neck scarf...cuz they're pretty??
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posted on
12/20/2023 6:29:26 AM PST
by
Sacajaweau
( )
To: artichokegrower
Leave it to government to impose expiration dates on non perishables such as masks.
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posted on
12/20/2023 6:32:52 AM PST
by
KobraKai
To: Leaning Right
Don’t blame it all on China. America was deep into involvement right along with them.
Now that is what I call an even bigger gut punch.
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posted on
12/20/2023 6:38:39 AM PST
by
dforest
To: artichokegrower
If a mask is in a sealed container, how does it expire?
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posted on
12/20/2023 6:47:37 AM PST
by
BlackbirdSST
(Trump or Bust! Long live the Republic.)
To: KobraKai; artichokegrower
Hey!
If they don’t get rid of the old stuff they don’t have an excuse to buy new stuff.
And of course they are getting rid of this stuff just in time for the next phony pandemic.
They will probably be buying back this stuff from the people they sold it to at a premium.
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posted on
12/20/2023 6:49:27 AM PST
by
Pontiac
(The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit.)
To: Sacajaweau
Of course, those masks were to protect against trail dust, or personal identification. Trail dust is a bit larger than virus particles.
To: KobraKai
Why do inert gowns, masks and gloves have expiration dates?
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posted on
12/20/2023 6:56:22 AM PST
by
Carriage Hill
(A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
To: artichokegrower
The hospital I work at bought tons of hoods and gowns for the Ebola scare of 2014. By the time of the COVID outbreak they had been “lost”.
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posted on
12/20/2023 7:03:22 AM PST
by
outofsalt
(If history teaches us anything, it's that history rarely teaches anything.)
To: dforest; Leaning Right
--- "Don't blame it all on China. America was deep into involvement right along with them. Now that is what I call an even bigger gut punch."
Friends, I think you both quite correct. This has been a multinational attack on humanity for the sake of profits for the few and corruption via too many.
. Consider -- from an eloquent voice -- that:
Mistakes Were NOT Made: An Anthem for Justice
To: Leaning Right
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posted on
12/20/2023 7:37:56 AM PST
by
goodnesswins
( We pretend to vote and they pretend to count the votes.)
To: artichokegrower
Trashing? That’s just stupid. Hand them out to the taxpayers.
Heck, I could use them when I’m sanding sheetrock, cutting MDF trim, cutting brick/stone, etc. I always keep a box of N95s in the garage. Don’t want any of that nasty dust clogging my lungs.
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posted on
12/20/2023 7:39:16 AM PST
by
moovova
("The NEXT election is the most important election of our lifetimes!“ LOL...)
To: Leaning Right
[How’s that for a punch in the gut, America?]
Hey, it made this guy laugh....
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posted on
12/20/2023 7:40:37 AM PST
by
SaveFerris
(Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
To: KobraKai
My mom used to sell stuff to the government. She would respond to solicitations for items they want to buy. She would frequently buy the items past their expiration date at surplus auctions. She would then re-test, re-package, and re-sell the same goods when solicited again. She asked the procurement officers if that was OK? They said that yes, it is as long as the materials are within specifications in the bid solicitation. She asked why they put expiration dates on items that don't expire? The procurement officer told her they can't allow no expiration goods into the federal procurement system, so everything expires in 3 to 5 years.
A waste of billions the government demands it waste.
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posted on
12/20/2023 8:08:13 AM PST
by
blackdog
((Z28.310) My dog Sam eats purple flowers.)
To: artichokegrower
How in blazes do these supplies expire? Who has the current protective gear contract and who jumped in to buy shares? They made money then and they’re making money now.
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posted on
12/20/2023 8:18:49 AM PST
by
bgill
To: artichokegrower
Whatever happened to the thousands of respirators that were built in a crash program when the “experts” predicted every COVID patient would need?
To: artichokegrower
Because if they trash them, they will pay even more taxpayer money to their cronies for similar merchandise next time there’s a plandemic.
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posted on
12/20/2023 9:27:44 AM PST
by
Albion Wilde
(Either ‘the Deep State destroys America, or we destroy the Deep State.’ --Donald Trump)
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