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FRONTLINE: Film Audio Track | PBS

America's Medical Supply Crisis

FRONTLINE: Film Audio Track | PBS

FRONTLINE

Pbs, Tv & Film, Wgbh, Documentaries, Frontline

4.82.3K Ratings

🗓️ 29 October 2020

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Why was the United States left scrambling for critical medical equipment as the coronavirus swept the country? With the Associated Press and Global Reporting Centre, FRONTLINE investigates the fragmented global medical supply chain and its deadly consequences. Teachers can find curricular materials and sign up for interactive learning experiences related to this documentary at pulitzercenter.org/USMedicalSupplyCrisis.

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0:00.0

Thanks for listening to the Frontline Audio Cast, the enhanced audio version of our documentaries.

0:06.0

We also produce a podcast, The Frontline Dispatch, which you can find wherever you get your podcasts.

0:12.0

Right now, here's the audio cast of America's Medical Supply Crisis.

0:31.0

The Frontline Audio Cast, the enhanced audio version of America's Medical Supply Crisis.

0:38.0

Months into the pandemic.

0:39.0

This is a huge security issue.

0:42.0

Unheeded warnings about America's Medical Supply Chain.

0:45.0

This is what I was worried about on steroids.

0:48.0

Frontline, the Global Reporting Center and the Associated Press, investigate.

0:52.0

This is one of your N95 masks for under a dollar.

0:56.0

This is one made in China for 30 cents.

0:59.0

Can sell masks for cheaper than my raw material costs are.

1:03.0

President and First Lady have both tested positive for their products.

1:06.0

With the President testing positive and cases still rising, why wasn't the United States more prepared?

1:12.0

You can't be prepared if you're not funded to be prepared.

1:16.0

Who is accountable?

1:17.0

Do you think that this administration has done what it needs to do to protect healthcare workers?

1:22.0

I think a lot more could be done.

1:24.0

And what will happen when a vaccine is ready?

1:26.0

Given the abject failure of the administration, we do worry.

1:30.0

Now on Frontline, America's Medical Supply Crisis.

1:41.0

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