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No mention of the Defense Production Act [1], which was talked about more during the early days of this. With the right declaration, the feds can make any Amer

No mention of the Defense Production Act [1], which was talked about more during the early days of this. With the right declaration, the feds can make any American company manufacture anything. Why haven't they used it for N95's? [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defense_Production_Act https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defense_Production_Act

jschwartzi 6y ago
The feds seemed more interested in using the DPA as a show piece to punish CEOs like Mary Barra for acknowledging there might be a need to build ventilators. There continues to be a complete lack of acknowledgement that more masks need to be created, and so people continue to get sick and die while treating patients.
bleepblorp 6y ago
The DPA has not been used because the White House made an early decision that it was not politically necessary to raise a maximum-effort response to SARS-CoV-2. Because COVID-19 cases were primarily concentrated in Democratic states, it was seen as politically useful to do little and blame Democrats for the consequences. > Most troubling of all, perhaps, was a sentiment the expert said a member of > Kushner’s team expressed: that because the virus had hit blue states hardest, > a national plan was unnecessary and would not make sense politically. “The > political folks believed that because it was going to be relegated to > Democratic states, that they could blame those governors, and that would be > an effective political strategy,” said the expert.[0] [0] https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2020/07/how-jared-kushners-secret-testing-plan-went-poof-into-thin-air https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2020/07/how-jared-kushners-s...
danenania 6y ago
Because the Trump administration is historically corrupt and incompetent? Politics aside, it's become clear that they have absolutely no idea how to run the government. Any previous administration from any party would have done orders of magnitude better. Hell, many despotic third world regimes are doing better. They will be remembered as some of the worst fuck ups in human history.

jschwartzi 6y ago

The feds seemed more interested in using the DPA as a show piece to punish CEOs like Mary Barra for acknowledging there might be a need to build ventilators. There continues to be a complete lack of acknowledgement that more masks need to be created, and so people continue to get sick and die while treating patients.

bleepblorp 6y ago

The DPA has not been used because the White House made an early decision that it was not politically necessary to raise a maximum-effort response to SARS-CoV-2. Because COVID-19 cases were primarily concentrated in Democratic states, it was seen as politically useful to do little and blame Democrats for the consequences. > Most troubling of all, perhaps, was a sentiment the expert said a member of > Kushner’s team expressed: that because the virus had hit blue states hardest, > a national plan was unnecessary and would not make sense politically. “The > political folks believed that because it was going to be relegated to > Democratic states, that they could blame those governors, and that would be > an effective political strategy,” said the expert.[0] [0] https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2020/07/how-jared-kushners-secret-testing-plan-went-poof-into-thin-air https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2020/07/how-jared-kushners-s...

danenania 6y ago

Because the Trump administration is historically corrupt and incompetent? Politics aside, it's become clear that they have absolutely no idea how to run the government. Any previous administration from any party would have done orders of magnitude better. Hell, many despotic third world regimes are doing better. They will be remembered as some of the worst fuck ups in human history.