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Re:In Pursuit of PPE by larkost on Monday April 20, 2020 @05:11PM (#22928618)
You imply that there is some list of prioritization out there. President Trump has repeatedly maintained that the Federal Government is not in charge of organizing who has what, and that the States should be managing this.

Given this lack of control (or even central organizing), who exactly would be determining who has the priority that you are asserting?

Re:In Pursuit of PPE by notyourday on Monday April 20, 2020 @05:22PM (#22928711)
The Admiral Polowczyk whom they brought to run the logistics on coronavirus task force said there's absolutely a prioritization list based on "hotness" of the zone. He said it himself to camera during the briefing number 21(Edit: not 21, it had to be earlier - it was within a few days of the NYC lock down. Maybe that Monday ).

They spent the first week implementing/adapting some DoD system that allowed them to track the pipeline of orders and goods matching the orders to the individual hospital level and if necessary redirect from one to another.

Re:In Pursuit of PPE by anigbrowl on Monday April 20, 2020 @06:01PM (#22929173)
That would be great if it were being distributed by FEMA or whoever and there weren't obscure private brokers involved.