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demmiblue

(36,751 posts)
Mon Mar 30, 2020, 09:20 PM Mar 2020

The 300,000 masks the White House sent Illinois were the wrong ones.

The 300,000 masks the White House sent Illinois were the wrong ones. @GovPritzker asked for N95 masks. They sent surgical masks. "While we do not have the final count on this yet, I can say with certainty that what they sent were not the N95 masks that were promised," he said.

Pritzker: "I can't emphasize enough how much we need the federal government to step up and amplify the size of their PPE deliveries to Illinois and frankly across the nation."



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The 300,000 masks the White House sent Illinois were the wrong ones. (Original Post) demmiblue Mar 2020 OP
Useless bdamomma Mar 2020 #1
POS lsewpershad Mar 2020 #30
They're "not shipping clerks". Better just "appreciate " what the emperor sent! BamaRefugee Mar 2020 #2
Too late. They ratted out Trump to the public. Now, they will get NOTHING. nt NCjack Mar 2020 #29
Why am I not surprised? MustLoveBeagles Mar 2020 #3
Trump replaced experience staff with ass kissers, procon Mar 2020 #4
This "error" was likely by design dlk Mar 2020 #5
That and general lack of GAF (give a f*ck) crickets Mar 2020 #13
They are monsters dlk Mar 2020 #23
Maybe the masks were the ones tRumps buddy the pillow guy is making? Canoe52 Mar 2020 #6
And why Trump deserves a second term!? djacq Mar 2020 #7
well he bdamomma Mar 2020 #38
Lot of confusion about masks. Aussie105 Mar 2020 #8
Unless you are a front line medical provider, experts have said any mask will... FailureToCommunicate Mar 2020 #10
While not 100% effective, central scrutinizer Mar 2020 #18
I agree about it being helpful to let others know you take things seriously. FailureToCommunicate Mar 2020 #19
There was the case of the church choir central scrutinizer Mar 2020 #22
I cough and sneeze all the time xmas74 Mar 2020 #24
Can this white house do even rudimentary things right? GeorgiaPeanut Mar 2020 #9
Welcome to DU GeorgiaPeanut. FailureToCommunicate Mar 2020 #20
You know, Trump was a fuck-up before he became president, PatrickforO Mar 2020 #11
I bet Trump gets a little chubby when he gets to own Pritzker and the libtards of Illinois. Midnight Writer Mar 2020 #12
Exactly, who thinks DENVERPOPS Mar 2020 #16
I agree mercuryblues Mar 2020 #25
A perfect comment, MW DENVERPOPS Mar 2020 #34
He sent the right ones. n/t TheFourthMind Mar 2020 #14
Welcome to DU! B Stieg Mar 2020 #15
I'll give him the benefit of the doubt on this one padah513 Mar 2020 #26
Yes! n/t TheFourthMind Mar 2020 #35
Bullshit FM DENVERPOPS Mar 2020 #32
Just to clarify my post. I was suggesting he meant to send the wrong ones. TheFourthMind Mar 2020 #37
We got 170 broken ventilators from the Feds here in CA last week. Trump wants to kill Blue States TeamPooka Mar 2020 #17
He wants to spend all the states money DENVERPOPS Mar 2020 #33
Are you allowed to impeach a president for gross incompetence? ck4829 Mar 2020 #21
Killing the federal government superpatriotman Mar 2020 #27
What dimwitted fuckwit is in charge of organizing these deliveries? DetlefK Mar 2020 #28
every facet of this government is a reality show...phony bullshit. spanone Mar 2020 #31
... Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Mar 2020 #36

bdamomma

(63,658 posts)
1. Useless
Mon Mar 30, 2020, 09:22 PM
Mar 2020

POS we have in government. They want Americans to die.

We need to scream this out in unison.

This regime hates Americans Period.

procon

(15,805 posts)
4. Trump replaced experience staff with ass kissers,
Mon Mar 30, 2020, 09:46 PM
Mar 2020

so it's not surprising that his hand picked chorus of praise singing sycophants are just as incompetent as he is. Illinois is lucky Trump's morons didn't ship them Mardi Gras masks..

Aussie105

(5,215 posts)
8. Lot of confusion about masks.
Mon Mar 30, 2020, 11:14 PM
Mar 2020

The N95 masks are the only good ones.

I've seen local shops sell useless masks. $2.50 each. When I see someone wearing one, I tell them they are no protection at all.

Only thing available locally, so what to do?

FailureToCommunicate

(13,989 posts)
10. Unless you are a front line medical provider, experts have said any mask will...
Mon Mar 30, 2020, 11:33 PM
Mar 2020

serve the main purpose of keeping you safer: by reducing the chance of you touching your own face with your unwashed hands.

Now, it's true that any old mask won't keep you from infecting others, but you should NOT be out and about if you coughing and sneezing ANYWAY.



central scrutinizer

(11,617 posts)
18. While not 100% effective,
Tue Mar 31, 2020, 08:54 AM
Mar 2020

A surgical mask will reduce the chance that you may infect others (if you are asymptomatic) by catching larger droplets you are exhaling. It is also a visible sign that you are taking this seriously and are concerned. Sort of an anti-MAGA badge. I always wear one if I’m shopping. I hate it because it makes my glasses fog.

FailureToCommunicate

(13,989 posts)
19. I agree about it being helpful to let others know you take things seriously.
Tue Mar 31, 2020, 09:32 AM
Mar 2020

But again, one shouldn't be out AT ALL if you are coughing or sneezing. Mask or no mask.

Healthy folks just breathing doesn't spread droplets.

But sure, wearing a mask anyway sends the right message.

central scrutinizer

(11,617 posts)
22. There was the case of the church choir
Tue Mar 31, 2020, 09:43 AM
Mar 2020

Where many got sick after choir practice - the authorities concluded that it could be spread through the air. The article makes it sound like they were very cautious about following the guidelines but 45 of 60 were infected anyway.

https://komonews.com/news/coronavirus/covid-19-infiltrated-mt-vernon-choir-killing-2-members-and-infecting-others

xmas74

(29,658 posts)
24. I cough and sneeze all the time
Tue Mar 31, 2020, 10:14 AM
Mar 2020

It's allergy season. Wearing a mask tells people I'm thinking of them-and keeps some of the pollen diwn.

PatrickforO

(14,516 posts)
11. You know, Trump was a fuck-up before he became president,
Mon Mar 30, 2020, 11:38 PM
Mar 2020

and he sure is one now.

And that Navarro...he didn't fall too far from the ol' fuck-up tree either.

Midnight Writer

(21,549 posts)
12. I bet Trump gets a little chubby when he gets to own Pritzker and the libtards of Illinois.
Mon Mar 30, 2020, 11:51 PM
Mar 2020

Trump will never win Illinois, and he therefore hates the people there.

Same, I believe, with California, Washington, New York. But those states have the big money Republican oligarchs who will yank his leash from time to time.

DENVERPOPS

(8,679 posts)
16. Exactly, who thinks
Tue Mar 31, 2020, 12:07 AM
Mar 2020

the wrong masks were sent accidentally......

Bull shit on that lame happening...........

A purposeful Charley Foxtrot........

mercuryblues

(14,491 posts)
25. I agree
Tue Mar 31, 2020, 10:18 AM
Mar 2020

too much of this is happening to blue states only. Expired equipment, broken vents and now this. It is a pattern, by design.

DENVERPOPS

(8,679 posts)
34. A perfect comment, MW
Tue Mar 31, 2020, 01:35 PM
Mar 2020

And the place I feel sorry for the most is Detroit. No money, no capability to fight it due to budget cuts, no great politicians, despised by Trump and Republicans, they are really really really screwed.

padah513

(2,483 posts)
26. I'll give him the benefit of the doubt on this one
Tue Mar 31, 2020, 10:37 AM
Mar 2020

I think the poster was saying that Trump sent the ones he meant to send.

DENVERPOPS

(8,679 posts)
32. Bullshit FM
Tue Mar 31, 2020, 01:00 PM
Mar 2020

It ties in with his proclaiming that the health workers are merely stealing them anyway. Taking all that he sends, out the back door, and selling them at a profit on eBay.

TheFourthMind

(343 posts)
37. Just to clarify my post. I was suggesting he meant to send the wrong ones.
Tue Mar 31, 2020, 02:15 PM
Mar 2020

Like broken ventilators to CA. He sent the ones he feels CA deserves.

DENVERPOPS

(8,679 posts)
33. He wants to spend all the states money
Tue Mar 31, 2020, 01:14 PM
Mar 2020

And leave the Fed money safe for Corporate bailouts, Trump's personal, non-accountable half trillion dollar fund, and still have tax payer's dollars available for even more future tax refunds to the 1% just before the elections......

He sends all the broken ventilators to a blue state and lets THEM pay to have them repaired, depleting their states money.
Two birds with one stone......Blue State - Repair costs......Trump's gloating over his quasi intelligence in turning it into a win-win for the Republican cabal.....

CABAL......everyone look that word up in the dictionary.!!!!!!!!! The "most perfect", "most beautifulest word" Trump type words exactly and precisely describing TRUMP AND HIS MOST CORRUPT REPUBLICAN PARTY EVER IN OUR ENTIRE AMERICAN HISTORY.................

This is what is meant by the phrase: "The best government Putin's money can buy"

Read it and weep, and learn how to speak/write in Russian dear people. Coming to a country near you.........

superpatriotman

(6,232 posts)
27. Killing the federal government
Tue Mar 31, 2020, 10:39 AM
Mar 2020

By making it obsolete, incompetent and terrifyingly stupid.

A reich wing wet dream

DetlefK

(16,423 posts)
28. What dimwitted fuckwit is in charge of organizing these deliveries?
Tue Mar 31, 2020, 10:55 AM
Mar 2020

Seriously? They get made by different companies, have different product-codes, serial-numbers, specifications. THEY HAVE DIFFERENT NAMES! For f***s sake.

How the hell could that mix-up happen?

"A mask is a mask. Derp, derp, derp."

Yeah. The same way a screw is a screw.

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