Seizing medical equipment before it can get to where it was ordered. A series.

Here, 35,000 N95 masks headed for Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital (the academic medical center closest to where I live). Taken by the federal government. http://franklinreporter.com/feds-take-all-of-countys-35000-mask-order-targeted-for-health-care-workers/
Feds Take All Of County's 35,000 Mask Order Targeted For Health Care Workers - The Franklin...

Franklin Reporter & Advocate, your source for online hometown Franklin Township news.

http://franklinreporter.com/feds-take-all-of-countys-35000-mask-order-targeted-for-health-care-workers/
FEMA takes hundreds of ventilators away from Colorado, which Governor @jaredpolis was trying to order. https://www.denverpost.com/2020/04/04/coronavirus-colorado-polis-ventilators-fema/amp/?__twitter_impression=true
“Either be in or out”: Feds swooped in on Colorado’s ventilator order, Polis says

Colorado was making a deal with a manufacturer for an order of much-needed ventilators when the Federal Emergency Management Agency swooped in and took it themselves, Gov. Jared Polis told CNN on F…

https://www.denverpost.com/2020/04/04/coronavirus-colorado-polis-ventilators-fema/amp/?__twitter_impression=true
200,000 masks bound for Germany from a Chinese factory, confiscated: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-masks-idUSKBN21L253?taid=5e8a3a2a01cef40001c16c31&utm_campaign=trueAnthem:+Trending+Content&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=twitter
U.S. coronavirus supply spree sparks outrage among allies

From Europe to South America, U.S. allies are complaining about the superpower's "Wild West" tactics in outbidding or blocking shipments to buyers who have already signed deals for vital medical...

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-masks-idUSKBN21L253?taid=5e8a3a2a01cef40001c16c31&utm_campaign=trueAnthem:+Trending+Content&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=twitter
Republican fundraiser gets into profiteering business: https://www.politico.com/news/2020/03/27/republican-fundraiser-company-coronavirus-152184
Republican fundraiser looks to cash in on coronavirus

A longtime campaign operative informed clients that he was leaving politics behind for a new line of work: selling critical medical supplies.

https://www.politico.com/news/2020/03/27/republican-fundraiser-company-coronavirus-152184
A thread from @NormOrnstein: https://twitter.com/NormOrnstein/status/1246902797267808258
Governor @CharlieBakerMA ordered 3 million N95 masks. Seized at point of entry in New York. https://www.wwlp.com/news/massachusetts/3-million-masks-ordered-by-massachusetts-seized-at-port-of-ny-in-march/
3 million masks ordered by Massachusetts seized at Port of NY in March

Governor Charlie Baker reached out to the New England Patriots when he found himself in need of assistance to bring protective gear for healthcare workers in his state as they fight the coronavirus…

https://www.wwlp.com/news/massachusetts/3-million-masks-ordered-by-massachusetts-seized-at-port-of-ny-in-march/
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