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<blockquote data-quote="Box Ox" data-source="post: 4617968" data-attributes="member: 48469"><p><a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2020/09/17/white-house-abandoned-plan-to-deliver-650-million-face-masks-across-us-report-says.html" target="_blank">White House abandoned plan to send 650 million face masks across the U.S. in April, report says</a></p><p></p><p>"The U.S. Postal Service had drafted a press release announcing plans to send 650 million masks out across the U.S. early in the coronavirus crisis, but the White House ultimately abandoned the plan, <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2020/09/17/usps-trump-coronavirus-amazon-foia/" target="_blank">The Washington Post reported Thursday</a>.</p><p></p><p>The plan would have sent a pack of five reusable masks to every residential address in the country, the Post reported, citing <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/context/read-the-scrapped-usps-announcement-to-send-5-masks-to-every-american-household/39cd11c9-3e38-4d8a-9d70-7c3215ab9cf8/?itid=lk_interstitial_manual_10" target="_blank">one of thousands of internal post office documents</a> obtained by watchdog group American Oversight.</p><p></p><p>“Our organization is uniquely suited to undertake this historic mission of delivering face coverings to every American household in the fight against the COVID-19 virus,” then-Postmaster General and CEO Megan J. Brennan said in the scrapped news release, which was dated to be released in April.</p><p></p><p>Brennan was succeeded in the summer by Louis DeJoy, whose drastic cost-cutting measures at the government agency have sparked controversy in advance of the 2020 election.</p><p></p><p>The idea to have USPS ship out personal protective equipment came from the Department of Health and Human Services, the Post reported. The reported plan was to start distributing masks in April, with Covid-19 hot spots getting first priority.</p><p></p><p>The newly uncovered documents suggest the government had initially intended to utilize the Postal Service in early pandemic response plans. The distribution program would have come at a time when President Donald Trump <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2020/07/20/trump-says-coronavirus-masks-are-patriotic-after-months-of-largely-resisting-wearing-one.html" target="_blank">largely resisted wearing a mask</a>.</p><p></p><p>The White House ultimately canceled the program, senior administration officials told the Post."</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]310060[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Box Ox, post: 4617968, member: 48469"] [URL="https://www.cnbc.com/2020/09/17/white-house-abandoned-plan-to-deliver-650-million-face-masks-across-us-report-says.html"]White House abandoned plan to send 650 million face masks across the U.S. in April, report says[/URL] "The U.S. Postal Service had drafted a press release announcing plans to send 650 million masks out across the U.S. early in the coronavirus crisis, but the White House ultimately abandoned the plan, [URL='https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2020/09/17/usps-trump-coronavirus-amazon-foia/']The Washington Post reported Thursday[/URL]. The plan would have sent a pack of five reusable masks to every residential address in the country, the Post reported, citing [URL='https://www.washingtonpost.com/context/read-the-scrapped-usps-announcement-to-send-5-masks-to-every-american-household/39cd11c9-3e38-4d8a-9d70-7c3215ab9cf8/?itid=lk_interstitial_manual_10']one of thousands of internal post office documents[/URL] obtained by watchdog group American Oversight. “Our organization is uniquely suited to undertake this historic mission of delivering face coverings to every American household in the fight against the COVID-19 virus,” then-Postmaster General and CEO Megan J. Brennan said in the scrapped news release, which was dated to be released in April. Brennan was succeeded in the summer by Louis DeJoy, whose drastic cost-cutting measures at the government agency have sparked controversy in advance of the 2020 election. The idea to have USPS ship out personal protective equipment came from the Department of Health and Human Services, the Post reported. The reported plan was to start distributing masks in April, with Covid-19 hot spots getting first priority. The newly uncovered documents suggest the government had initially intended to utilize the Postal Service in early pandemic response plans. The distribution program would have come at a time when President Donald Trump [URL='https://www.cnbc.com/2020/07/20/trump-says-coronavirus-masks-are-patriotic-after-months-of-largely-resisting-wearing-one.html']largely resisted wearing a mask[/URL]. The White House ultimately canceled the program, senior administration officials told the Post." [ATTACH type="full"]310060[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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