Is the Federal Government Stealing Medical Supplies?

Chris EdwardsThat appears to be the case. TheLos Angeles Timescalls it“seizing,” but it amounts to the same thing as these are legal products that the government did not order. The White House and FEMA are swooping in to grab masks, thermometers, and other items in a secretive process with apparently little recourse.These actions are abusive from a civil liberties perspective, and such command ‐​and‐​control methods make no practical sense either. As I discusshere,here, andhere, central planning is the wrong way to go for disaster planning and response, as it will make the nation less safe and resilient.Los Angeles Times reporter Noam M. Leveydescribes what is going on:Although President Trump has directed states and hospitals to secure what supplies they can, the federal government is quietly seizing orders, leaving medical providers across the country in the dark about where the material is going and how they can get what they need to deal with the coronavirus pandemic.Hospital and clinic officials in seven states described the seizures in interviews over the past week. The Federal Emergency Management Agency is not publicly reporting the acquisitions, despite the outlay of millions of dollars of taxpayer money, nor has the administration detailed how it decides which supplies to seize and where to reroute them.Officials who ’ve had materials seized also say they’ve received no guidance from the government about how or if they will get ac...
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