The Milford Daily News reports the Milford Fire Department was about to receive a shipment of 30,000 protective gowns for firefighters and Milford Regional Medical Center, but that the federal government took them from the distributor just before they were shipped.
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The feds
By ChrisInEastie
Sun, 04/12/2020 - 10:12am
literally told states to go out and get their own supplies. Then proceeded to outbid them, or pull this.
And FEMA has proven time and again it couldn’t coordinate a bake sale.
Milford is a town, not a state
By myname
Sun, 04/12/2020 - 1:32pm
Milford isn't a state though, it's a town. Who told Milford's Chief Sparky Mustache Man to go get 30,000 gowns for a town that doesn't even have that many residents?!?!
What literally happened, was the Feds told the states to buy any and all resources IF they have the opportunity.
However, the response is, as always, lead by FEMA, which the Regional Office will distribute the 30,000 gowns to the six New England states where it is most needed. In contrast, Milford doesn't even have 30,000 residents!
simple binaries
By berkleealum
Mon, 04/13/2020 - 6:31am
for simple minds. the issue isn’t only whether they coordinate or not - it’s the level of confusion and overall not having any clue that the feds have projected for the last few months. but you knew that.
speaking of waffling, it’s amazing to see so many ostensible conservatives lauding the power of the federal government.
Baker just called up another 3000 National Guardsmen.
By jmeltzer
Sun, 04/12/2020 - 10:44am
No connection with this, of course.
The word "seize" does not
By Refugee
Sun, 04/12/2020 - 3:20pm
The word "seize" does not appear in the article. How likely is it that the distributor just sold the shipment to the Feds for more money than Milford was paying?
Quote from Chiefy McFireChief
By myname
Sun, 04/12/2020 - 5:23pm
Quote from Chiefy McFireChief reads, "unfortunately the federal government got to our distributor prior to our order being shipped." Which could simply mean the feds placed the order before the cow town sparky.
Mildewshits Daily Snooze squirts out the headline, "PPEs taken by feds." Leading one to believe it was potentially highway robbery!
And here it's recharacterized as, "Feds seize 30,000 protective gowns ordered by suburban fire department" click baiting us to think the gov re-appropriated personally owned materials for the greater good--as if that would be a bad?
Respectfully, this is media hysteria making a story out of dog shit.
But...
By lbb
Mon, 04/13/2020 - 8:50am
...they have done it, or at least attempted it, Blanche.
937.5 gowns per Milford firefighter?
By O-FISH-L
Mon, 04/13/2020 - 10:29am
So a department of 32 firefighters and less than 4300 calls per year needs 30,000 gowns right now? Seven years worth, based on the numbers? Keep in mind that most departments are sending the bare minimum (usually two medics) to medical calls at this time. Police and firefighters who would normally first-respond are told to wait outside unless needed so no gowns are required for them on most calls. Even if their own website is badly outdated in terms of staffing and calls for service, this is still a gross example of the type of hoarding that the Justice Department has pledged to investigate. I'm glad "the feds" stepped in and stopped a blatant attempt at gown gluttony. Without the proper context, some may be misled into believing that the federal government was wrong to intervene here. No, the federal government acted properly.
And put them where?
By lbb
Mon, 04/13/2020 - 11:58am
Where are the gowns, Fishy?
Oh wait, I know..."in the stockpile" that doesn't seem to be disbursing to anyone but red states.
Is this what you're gonna tell yourself as you choke on your own lungs?
Oh, now here's an interesting story
By adamg
Mon, 04/13/2020 - 12:01pm
ABC News reports on how the FBI busted up a scam involving 39 million face masks that didn't exist that a union in California was trying to buy for its members who work in hospitals. Key paragraph, for our discussion here:
So the FBI is looking for PPE shipments and then working with FEMA to seize them. And now we have the answer to who the "feds" are that keep seizing things.
How is that a bad thing?
By myname
Mon, 04/13/2020 - 2:00pm
When Charlie complained about not getting stuff from Trump, what did you want Trump to do to get these supplies?
Sending FBI to inventory sounds like a great approach.
Buying inventory to send to needy areas is a good thing. I don't understand the angle here.
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