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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe TSA Hoarded 1.3 Million N95 Masks Even Though Airports Are Empty and It Doesn't Need Them
https://www.propublica.org/article/the-tsa-hoarded-1-3-million-n95-masks-even-though-airports-are-empty-and-it-doesnt-need-themThe TSA Hoarded 1.3 Million N95 Masks Even Though Airports Are Empty and It Doesnt Need Them
TSA officials stockpiled a huge shipment of N95 masks they knew they didnt need even after two agency officials asked to donate them. Airport traffic fell 95 percent, and the masks have sat unused as hospitals searched desperately for them.
The TSA Hoarded 1.3 Million N95 Masks Even Though Airports Are Empty and It Doesnt Need Them
TSA officials stockpiled a huge shipment of N95 masks they knew they didnt need even after two agency officials asked to donate them. Airport traffic fell 95 percent, and the masks have sat unused as hospitals searched desperately for them.
The Transportation Security Administration ignored guidance from the Department of Homeland Security and internal pushback from two agency officials when it stockpiled more than 1.3 million N95 respirator masks instead of donating them to hospitals, internal records and interviews show.
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The TSA Hoarded 1.3 Million N95 Masks Even Though Airports Are Empty and It Doesn't Need Them (Original Post)
SheltieLover
May 2020
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The Grotesque Orange Pustule probably thought to get airlines "normal" again by now.
Hermit-The-Prog
May 2020
#3
crickets
(25,987 posts)1. What, Jared hasn't shown up to steal them?
Over a million masks are sitting unused, gathering dust instead of being donated to hospitals where they are desperately needed. Unreal.
SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)2. Unbelievable, isn't it? 😳🤯
Hermit-The-Prog
(33,484 posts)3. The Grotesque Orange Pustule probably thought to get airlines "normal" again by now.