It took two weeks but I found an answer. It seems to trace to budget cuts forced by the tea party: https://www.propublica.org/article/us-emergency-medical-stoc

It took two weeks but I found an answer. It seems to trace to budget cuts forced by the tea party: https://www.propublica.org/article/us-emergency-medical-stockpile-funding-unprepared-coronavirus https://www.propublica.org/article/us-emergency-medical-stoc...