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It is hugely disappointing that the chinese gov hasn't done the same to support the US when it is in the greatest need, isn't it? when he asked people to use scarves for protection, you know that the country is unable to supply the amount of masks needed, which is sad...
Trump keeps calling Xi a good friend...bragging about his friendship with him on numerous occasions, which bothers me...i know he was tough on trade deals...but why he keeps sending mixed message to the Xi gov?
Maybe the fact that the Chinese governement owns so much of the US national debt has something to do with the fancy footwork
So, Robert Kraft, owner of the New England Patriots, took his jet to China and purchased a million of the impossible to get N95 masks and other medical equipment for hospitals in Boston. The plane is enroute back home now scheduled to land in Boston this afternoon.
He also purchased 300,000 of the masks for NY State and they will be flown to NY from Boston tomorrow.
Why the **** can't our federal government do this ? Why do we have hospital workers getting sick and dying all across the country because of a lack of these masks when it is now obvious that it can be done ? Why aren't there plane loads of this stuff in the air right now on the way to other major U.S. cities?
It is hugely disappointing that the chinese gov hasn't done the same to support the US when it is in the greatest need, isn't it? when he asked people to use scarves for protection, you know that the country is unable to supply the amount of masks needed, which is sad...
Trump keeps calling Xi a good friend...bragging about his friendship with him on numerous occasions, which bothers me...i know he was tough on trade deals...but why he keeps sending mixed message to the Xi gov?
Trump Hotels decades into the future maybe? And don't forget daughter Ivanka was given 18 trademarks by Mr Xi to manufacture all of the Trump family products in China.
Mr Xi has been very ,very good to the Trump family. He has been extremely supportive of them. It is very unfair of you to say he hasn't been supportive.
"Back on February 7, the World Health Organization sounded alarm bells about "the limited stock of PPE," noting demand was 100 times higher than normal for this equipment.
Yet the same day as the WHO warning, the Trump administration announced that it was transporting to China nearly 17.8 tons (more than 35,000 pounds) of "masks, gowns, gauze, respirators, and other vital materials." As Secretary of State Mike Pompeo noted in the press release announcing this shipment, "These donations are a testament to the generosity of the American people."
As someone else has mentioned in this thread, that's actually not a lot of equipment. In any event, China was the hot spot. You can criticize the point that we sent anything to China while they were going through hell, but I'm sure you are thankful for China doing the same for us today (and in much more significant scope and number).
If you care to read back and take note, my original reply was to a comment that stated:
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This is true too. Just spoke to a good friend of mines who is recovering from Covid19. Now he has become racists to chinese people. This is not funny at all. Plenty of people who are infected will need mental health evaluation from this.
So, the relation was there to this coronavirus topic at the time i replied. If you do not wish to take part in how this pandemic caused by the negligence of the Chinese government spreading misinformation will bring about racism towards the Chinese (even though its the government to blame and not the people) then you do not have to take part in it. There are many other side topics in this thread you can take part in that are all COVID19 related.
So FEMA bought 130,000 masks but Bob Kraft bought 1.3 million? Geez.
So . . . you were pushing incorrect information and still are on the attack once being proved wrong
Moreover, as I've mentioned 8 million masks are en route per the Coronavirus Task Force.
Also, these were masks that MA ordered and paid for (and states share a responsibility in getting equipment for themselves, too!)! Again, big ups for Kraft, but let's actually report what's going on here. If there's room for criticism, fine. I have no problem criticizing government.
By the day, residents of NYC are becoming even more hated by the rest of the country. This is not a joke. Spreading this virus to other areas is no laughing matter.
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