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Joe Manchin: “Widespread shortages of personal protective equipment, the PPEs as we know, and other medical equipment at the beginning…”

On the recordMay 18, 2021
Widespread shortages of personal protective equipment, the PPEs as we know, and other medical equipment at the beginning of the COVID-19 had a disastrous impact on all of us.
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Joe Manchin
Democratic · West Virginia

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Manchin discusses the impact of COVID-19 on medical equipment shortages.

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