During the presidency of Barack Obama, the national stockpile was seriously taxed as the administration addressed multiple crises over eight years.
About"75 percent of N95 respirators and 25 percent of face masks contained in the CDC's Strategic National Stockpile were deployed for use in health care settings over the course of the 2009 H1N1 pandemic response,"Again according to NIH, the stockpile's resources were also used during hurricanes Alex, Irene, Isaac and Sandy. Flooding in 2010 in North Dakota also called for stockpile funds to be deployed.
During the presidency of Donald Trump, analysts have warned the United States is not prepared for a serious pandemic.Experts say Trump's decision to disband pandemic team hindered coronavirus response “We assess that the United States and the world will remain vulnerable to the next flu pandemic or large scale outbreak of a contagious disease that could lead to massive rates of death and disability, severely affect the world economy, strain international resources, and increase calls on the United States for support,” theThe Trump administration has not taken significant steps to replenish the masks in the Strategic National Stockpile.
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