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.

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...