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THE quintessential dwarf
Some estimates have the amount of dead in Wuhan at 40,000, not 2,500
“Over the last 14 days I have built another business outside politics and will be focusing my full attention there,” he wrote in the email, which was obtained by POLITICO.
The fundraiser, Mike Gula, didn’t specify his new line of work in the email. But in an interview, he said he’d started a new company selling medical equipment that’s been in short supply during the coronavirus pandemic.
The company, Blue Flame Medical LLC, was formed Monday in Delaware, according to state records. Its website says it sells coronavirus testing kits, N95 respirator masks, “a wide selection” of personal protective equipment and other “hard to find medical supplies to beat the outbreak.”
Asked how he’d managed to procure such equipment when there are shortages in hospitals across the country, Gula said, “I have relationships with a lot of people.”
Thomas declined to specify how he and Gula had managed to obtain masks that have become so rare that some hospitals have resorted to reusing them or having health care workers tie bandannas or scarfs around their faces. “It’s just relationship-based,” he said. “I can’t say anything else.”
“I don’t want to overstate, but we probably represent the largest global supply chain for Covid-19 supplies right now,” he said. “We are getting ready to fill 100 million-unit mask orders.”
I would like to think Trump's refusal to federalize the supply chain and use the Defense Production Act to order companies to make theses materials was due to simple incompetence. But it's looking more and more like a sadistic grift to profit off the suffering and death of tens of thousands.
I would like to think Trump's refusal to federalize the supply chain and use the Defense Production Act to order companies to make theses materials was due to simple incompetence. But it's looking more and more like a sadistic grift to profit off the suffering and death of tens of thousands.
Don't disagree with this sentiment in general, but it seems like China is the one profiting here.
doubt it. Their exports have dropped significantly and their factories were shut down for a long time. Going to take some time for them to ramp back up.