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Medical supply chain shortages led to deadly consequences

by Associated Press
| October 7, 2020 12:03 AM

Despite decades of warnings about the fragility of the supply lines that brought protective gear from overseas factories to America’s health care workers, the U.S. was unprepared for the coronavirus pandemic and failed to react quickly. With the death toll at over 210,000 and rising, the collapse of medical supply chains continues to cost lives.

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