. Earlier today New York Governor Andrew Cuomo blasted FEMA during a press conference for sending 400 medical ventilators when his state needs 30,000. WATCH: . . However, in 2015 the New York State Department of Health specifically studied the issue, warned about a critical lack of ventilators during a pandemic, and the New York Governor made a specific decision NOT to order them: [pdf link here] https://ift.tt/2Jc5SDx . . ...After learning that the state's stockpile of medical equipment had 16,000 fewer ventilators than New Yorkers would need in a severe pandemic, Gov. Andrew Cuomo came to a fork in the road in 2015. He could have chosen to buy more ventilators. Instead, he asked his health commissioner, Howard Zucker to assemble a task force and draft rules for rationing the ventilators they already had. Cuomo could have purchased the additional 16,000 needed ventilators for $36,000 apiece or a total of $576 million in 2015. It's a lot of money but less than the $750 million he threw away on a boondoggle "Buffalo Billion" solar panel factory. When it comes to state budget priorities, spending half a percent of the budget on ventilators is a no brainer. The task force claimed there was no point in buying ventilators because there's also a shortage of doctors and nurses trained to use them. Five years ago, that problem could have been fixed, too. Even now, the National Disaster Medical System can send staff to hot spots like New York... . So Andrew Cuomo is blasting FEMA today for not providing something he choose not to order and prepare for in 2015. That's a little bit unfair and hypocritical, no? President Trump calls out the crooked Democrat . . Team Trump to the rescue again.... Vice President Mike Pence announced on Fox during Tuesday's town hall before President Trump joined the discussion that the Trump administration was sending 2,000 ventilators to New York today and 2,000 more Wednesday. . . Apples dont fall far from the tree: . .
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