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<blockquote data-quote="Old Man Jingles" data-source="post: 4446617" data-attributes="member: 18222"><a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2020/04/03/fact-check-did-obama-administration-deplete-n-95-mask-stockpile/5114319002/" target="_blank">Fact check: Did Obama administration deplete N95 mask stockpile?</a>“The Obama administration significantly depleted the federal stockpile of N95 respirator masks to deal with the H1N1 influenza outbreak in 2009 and never rebuilt the stockpile despite calls to do so,” the piece begins.USA TODAY investigation:<a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/investigations/2020/03/27/u-s-never-spent-enough-emergency-stockpile-former-managers-say/2915567001/" target="_blank">US never spent enough on emergency stockpile, former managers say</a>The article draws from the reporting of outlets including Bloomberg News and the Los Angeles Times. <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-03-18/hospital-makes-face-masks-covid-19-shields-from-office-supplies" target="_blank">According to Bloomberg News</a>, “after the H1N1 influenza outbreak in 2009, which triggered a nationwide shortage of masks and caused a 2- to 3-year backlog orders for the N95 variety, the stockpile distributed about three-quarters of its inventory and didn’t build back the supply.”</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Old Man Jingles, post: 4446617, member: 18222"] [URL="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2020/04/03/fact-check-did-obama-administration-deplete-n-95-mask-stockpile/5114319002/"]Fact check: Did Obama administration deplete N95 mask stockpile?[/URL] “The Obama administration significantly depleted the federal stockpile of N95 respirator masks to deal with the H1N1 influenza outbreak in 2009 and never rebuilt the stockpile despite calls to do so,” the piece begins. [B]USA TODAY investigation:[/B][URL='https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/investigations/2020/03/27/u-s-never-spent-enough-emergency-stockpile-former-managers-say/2915567001/']US never spent enough on emergency stockpile, former managers say[/URL] The article draws from the reporting of outlets including Bloomberg News and the Los Angeles Times. [URL='https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-03-18/hospital-makes-face-masks-covid-19-shields-from-office-supplies']According to Bloomberg News[/URL], “after the H1N1 influenza outbreak in 2009, which triggered a nationwide shortage of masks and caused a 2- to 3-year backlog orders for the N95 variety, the stockpile distributed about three-quarters of its inventory and didn’t build back the supply.” [/QUOTE]

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