administration. the closure of the abbott factory in michigan was unnecessary. but if you concede it did need to close there is no excuse for what happened next. as parents hunted for supplies to feed their babies the white house had a statement on may 1h claiming multiple government agencies have been working diligently ferments to solve the crisis. back in february when the administration started there was not a crisis just a closed factory. so somehow these geniuses managed to turn a closure into a crisis. now we know that multiple industry executives warranty administration at the time the closure would lead to significant shortages and they did nothing about it until it was too late. that is a massive scandal in its own right. but now we have the denial and the cover-up. this was on wednesday. whether or not this could
this. they did, but i didn t. what did you think of that answer? it was remarkable because the president had just spent this meeting where he was meeting with these top five baby formula manufacturers, talking about the impact that the closure of this abbott nutrition plant had. that was back in the middle of february. this is what really exacerbated the problems that adrienne was talking about there. and the president went around and asking each of them if they understood what kind of impact, just how severe this shortage was going to be if that plant had closed. and almost every single one of them said yes, they knew immediately it was going to cause issues. the senior vice president of rickets said the day that closure happened in mid-february, they were on the phone with retailers saying you need to order what you can because this is going to cause issues. and so it was remarkable the president being very blunt there saying that they understood that it was going to be an issue, h
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countries. those two statements can t be reconciled very well. you re right. meat industry executives also knew there was a huge risk of outbreaks and infections in their factories. secondly, the usda knew about this as well and turned a blind eye. third, this is perhaps the most shocking thing. they were able to get the trump administration to issue an executive order to shield them from any oversight especially from what industry executives called pesky local and state health authorities who are slowly trying to provide more oversight of these outbreaks. they were able to get workers to stay on the job and to shield themselves from any liability associated with worker conditions. it s important the idea of there would be infections and death and the way to shield from liability.
thinking about the trump administration and any administration you ll be relying on those who have the expertise and in whose wheel house these areas fall . the industry executives were able to go to the political appointees at the trump administration in the agency with jurisdiction. namely the usda, the department of agriculture and get them to over ride and sideline the career public health officials who would otherwise make decisions about worker safety. ironically enough, the undersecretary for worker safety at the usda was precisely the