<story><title>US Hospitals say feds are seizing masks and other coronavirus supplies</title><url>https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2020-04-07/hospitals-washington-seize-coronavirus-supplies</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>mdasen</author><text>&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.universalhub.com&amp;#x2F;2020&amp;#x2F;baker-got-krafts-involved-getting-those-masks-try&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.universalhub.com&amp;#x2F;2020&amp;#x2F;baker-got-krafts-involved-...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Feds seized 3M masks that Massachusetts purchased.  The governor found a supplier to get more masks and had the Patriots (football team) fly their jet to China to pick them up to avoid seizure.&lt;p&gt;Massachusetts has transported 300,000 masks from that mission to NYC under state police escort: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.masslive.com&amp;#x2F;patriots&amp;#x2F;2020&amp;#x2F;04&amp;#x2F;coronavirus-response-shipment-of-300000-masks-from-new-england-patriots-plane-en-route-to-new-york-city-with-massachusetts-state-police-as-its-escort.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.masslive.com&amp;#x2F;patriots&amp;#x2F;2020&amp;#x2F;04&amp;#x2F;coronavirus-respon...&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>
<story><title>US Hospitals say feds are seizing masks and other coronavirus supplies</title><url>https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2020-04-07/hospitals-washington-seize-coronavirus-supplies</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>CalRobert</author><text>How long can the federal government be actively opposed to the interests of states before the whole thing crumbles? At some point the conflict would manifest itself as a reduced quality of life I&amp;#x27;d think?</text></comment>