The FRONTLINE Dispatch

COVID-19 & the Medical Supply Crisis

Oct 8, 2020

25:57

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Episode notes

Introduction

2min

The Process of Reporting COVID

3min

Sandy Oldfield's Story of Broken Supply Chains

3min

The Consequences of a Broken Supply Chain

3min

The Importance of Testing N95 Masks

3min

The Rise of Counterfeit PPE

2min

The Dangers of U.S. Manufacturing Moving Offshore

2min

The Future of the Strategic National Stockpile

2min

The Importance of Group Purchasing Organizations in a Pandemic

2min

10.

The State of PPE in the United States

2min

11.

The Supply Chain Disruption in the US

2min

12.

The Frontline Dispatch: America's Medical Supply Crisis

2min

As COVID swept the U.S., why did hospitals face deadly shortages of PPE and other medical supplies? How did America’s medical supply chain fail so catastrophically? FRONTLINE, in collaboration with the Associated Press and the Global Reporting Centre, investigates what went wrong in the new documentary America's Medical Supply Crisis. AP reporters Martha Mendoza and Juliet Linderman join The FRONTLINE Dispatch to discuss their findings.