I produce things for tv & the web. Founder & Chief Creative Officer of http://AuraNexus.com (@auranexus). Former Head of Live Video @ BF News 
andrew.kimmel@gmail.com
You can add location information to your Tweets, such as your city or precise location, from the web and via third-party applications. You always have the option to delete your Tweet location history. Learn more
The federal government is still stealing PPEs. I’m sharing this from a friend of mine. “Last Friday...our secondary warehouse was raided by the FBI, who confiscated around...500k 3-ply medical masks-of which, ~40% had already been been paid for by clinics/hospitals/pharmacies“
“We presented our POs of the purchase/sales, proving we were not price gouging. A decision we made early on regarding pricing was/to factor in the weeks our company spent procuring the masks & the astronomical amount/paid up front & high shipping costs/meant we/broke even.”
“On some sales to orgs I knew personally, they paid what we paid, we even paid shipping as our rates were better than any hospital...Despite our paperwork/the pleading of our dedicated staff, the inventory was taken, w/o any clarification of where the masks were going or...”
“...how it would be distributed. An agent quipped “consider this a donation”. Over the weekend, our attorneys helped us file an unlawful seizure of pvt property complaint & in the course of his research he sent me this article...”https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/04/hospitals-face-a-white-house-blockade-for-coronavirus-ppe.html …
“Today, we received notice from an agent, having reviewed our complaint, that cost us additional $ to have drafted, that they would indeed pay the prices we paid for the masks-never specifying when/how...”
“...and giving us no clarification as to when/where/to whom the masks will go except that “the Federal Gov’t is in need of masks”. We spent weeks of sleepless nights on the phone and WeChat with our Chinese manufacturers, arranging, bargaining, pleading as we got outbid.”
“To a small business this experience has been devastating to us because we know we are letting down the people who have entrusted us with their supply of masks. We will survive this financially but other importers whom this happens to will not.”
“If the gov’t were so in need, why can’t they get their shit together to do the leg work? If 3 people in an office who have never worked w/ mask makers get masks here from an ocean away, why can’t they, w/ the full capabilities of one of the richest nations on the planet do it.”
Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.
