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In 2006, CA Gov. Schwarzenegger spent $200 Million dollars on stockpiling PPE and ventilators. This was on the heel of the Swine Flu in order to leave the state
by cronix 6y ago
In 2006, CA Gov. Schwarzenegger spent $200 Million dollars on stockpiling PPE and ventilators. This was on the heel of the Swine Flu in order to leave the state better prepared in case of another pandemic.
The stockpile took about $5 Million a year to maintain after the initial $200M purchase.
In 2011, CA Gov. Brown got rid of the program to save that $5M/yr.
https://revealnews.org/article/california-created-a-massive-medical-reserve-with-acute-care-beds-ventilators-and-n95-masks-and-let-it-collapse/ https://revealnews.org/article/california-created-a-massive-...
https://www.politico.com/states/california/story/2020/03/31/schwarzenegger-shortsighted-for-california-to-defund-pandemic-stockpile-he-built-1269954 https://www.politico.com/states/california/story/2020/03/31/...
- soperj 6y agoSwine flu pandemic was in 2009. Your timeline is off.
- alecco 6y agoArticle says avian flu. Not important to OP's point.
- cronix 6y agoSorry, it was "avian flu". From the article... > In 2006, citing the threat of avian flu, then-Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger announced the state would invest hundreds of millions of dollars in a powerful set of medical weapons to deploy in the case of large-scale emergencies and natural disasters such as earthquakes, fires and pandemics.
- soperj 6y agoThanks! Just letting you know (no big deal clearly).
- bioinformatics 6y agoDamn Orange man and his failed policies.