Why the U.S. Is Running Out of Medical Supplies

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States and cities across the United States are reporting dangerous shortages of the vital medical supplies needed to contain the coronavirus. Why is the world’s biggest economy suffering such a scramble to find lifesaving equipment?

Guest: Sarah Kliff (https://www.nytimes.com/by/sarah-kliff?smid=pc-thedaily), an investigative reporter covering health care for The New York Times. For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily.

Background reading:


The scarcity of ventilators has become an emergency, forcing doctors to make life-or-death decisions (https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/21/us/coronavirus-medical-rationing.html?smid=pc-thedaily). The collapse of a government effort to produce an emergency stockpile (https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/29/business/coronavirus-us-ventilator-shortage.html?smid=pc-thedaily) reveals much about the challenges now being faced in fighting the pandemic.
This map of the United States (https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/03/17/upshot/hospital-bed-shortages-coronavirus.html?smid=pc-thedaily) shows gaps in the existing health care infrastructure — and which areas may face a shortage of hospital beds as the virus spreads.


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