FEMA seized a volunteer group's 50,000 N95 respirators without an explanation, Bob Bland writes in usatodayopinion.
, Social Security Works and National Nurses United to get our front-line heroes the equipment they needed to stay safe as they saved lives.
As the federal government failed to provide essential equipment, our small group of volunteers has successfully delivered nearly 200,000 FDA-certified, CDC-approved KN95 masks to front-line workers in hard hit areas — New York City, Detroit, New Orleans, Chicago, Washington D.C. and Puerto Rico — in just a matter of weeks. But it wasn’t easy, because when the federal government finally decided to act, it wasn’t the way we’d expected.
In my 15 years of working in the manufacturing industry with international and domestic supply chains, I have never — never — had the federal government interfere like this.
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