Hogan overpaid for 500,000 test kits that are not being used

[Anonymous]

So he overpaid AND the kits aren’t being used.

His Korean wife just rolled the people of Maryland for millions of dollars.

Disgusting and sad that so many people here defend him.

[Anonymous]

I also believe that Hogan acted in good faith.
Here's an article by the head of a hospital in Massachusetts that details what he has to do to procure PPE for his hospital.

https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMc2010025?page=3

"A lead came from an acquaintance of a friend of a team member. After several hours of vetting, we grew confident of the broker’s professional pedigree and the potential to secure a large shipment of three-ply face masks and N95 respirators.... Having acquired the requisite funds — more than five times the amount we would normally pay for a similar shipment, but still less than what was being requested by other brokers — we set the plan in motion."

"Two semi-trailer trucks, cleverly marked as food-service vehicles, met us at the warehouse. When fully loaded, the trucks would take two distinct routes back to Massachusetts to minimize the chances that their contents would be detained or redirected."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So he overpaid AND the kits aren’t being used.

His Korean wife just rolled the people of Maryland for millions of dollars.

Disgusting and sad that so many people here defend him.

She's an American.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So he overpaid AND the kits aren’t being used.

His Korean wife just rolled the people of Maryland for millions of dollars.

Disgusting and sad that so many people here defend him.

She's an American.

Not to Trumpsters. Only white people are "real" Americans.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You realize that Trump and Pence only released the information about those private labs and test availability the day after Hogan announced they had received the test kits from S Korea (which took several weeks to arrange). And to date, no other state has actually received any of those test kits. As is typical, Trump only does things that are advantageous to himself or his allies. He only released the information about test kits in direct response to Hogan's press release that they had received the new test kits. He had no interest in actually doing something for the public good, he only released that information to make Hogan look bad. He's using the pandemic response purely as a political tool rather than actually trying to help people. The way he has managed the stockpile of national resources, the way he treated Massachusetts, has shown that his ultimate goal is to make himself look good rather than to actually prioritize an appropriate health response.

Fortunately, Hogan and the governors are prioritizing the public good and the public health.

+1 As soon as Hogan announced that he had obtained the test kits, I knew that Trump would come out with something negative to say about the governor!

I think that Gov. Hogan acted in good faith, and I am glad that he is protecting the kits he has obtained. Hopefully, the state will be able to get the additional components needed so that more of us can take these tests soon.

I have not been a fan of Hogan, and never voted for him, but I think he's done a great job for us during this crisis.

[Anonymous]

He got the test Trump failed again.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So he overpaid AND the kits aren’t being used.

His Korean wife just rolled the people of Maryland for millions of dollars.

Disgusting and sad that so many people here defend him.

She's an American.

Not to Trumpsters. Only white people are "real" Americans.

I voted for Baker, thank you.

You voted for republican scum.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So he overpaid AND the kits aren’t being used.

His Korean wife just rolled the people of Maryland for millions of dollars.

Disgusting and sad that so many people here defend him.

She's an American.

Not to Trumpsters. Only white people are "real" Americans.

I voted for Baker, thank you.

You voted for republican scum.

You wrote in Rushern Baker's name in November 2018? That was dumb. Why didn't you vote for Ben Jealous? Did you also vote for Ralph Nader in November 2000 and Jill Stein in November 2016?

[Anonymous]

Hogan got a donation of 1,600 doses of Remdesivir, which he will send to Prince Georges and Montgomery counties.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/md-politics/hogan-south-korea-coronavirus-tests/2020/04/29/978ca8d6-8572-11ea-878a-86477a724bdb_story.html?fbclid=IwAR3s-zyhH49uLz5imnGVYMW4Kl5vA3SjoGFxZsMOQkfEJxnOW61x1S_6QAw

"...despite the fanfare surrounding Hogan’s $9.4 million deal with LabGenomics, the test kits from Seoul were not in short supply in the United States, according to interviews with industry experts. Domestic manufacturers were producing millions of them per week when Maryland struck its overseas deal. Some firms sell the kits for 20 to 30 percent less than what Hogan paid."

Just another consequence of “expert” hysteria.
Tragic.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/md-politics/hogan-south-korea-coronavirus-tests/2020/04/29/978ca8d6-8572-11ea-878a-86477a724bdb_story.html?fbclid=IwAR3s-zyhH49uLz5imnGVYMW4Kl5vA3SjoGFxZsMOQkfEJxnOW61x1S_6QAw

"...despite the fanfare surrounding Hogan’s $9.4 million deal with LabGenomics, the test kits from Seoul were not in short supply in the United States, according to interviews with industry experts. Domestic manufacturers were producing millions of them per week when Maryland struck its overseas deal. Some firms sell the kits for 20 to 30 percent less than what Hogan paid."

Just another consequence of “expert” hysteria.
Tragic.

No, they were producing millions of test kits. The problem is that the federal government is preventing blue states from actually acquiring any of those kits. If you don't believe it look at what happened to Massachusetts. They order and paid for kits and the DHS waylaid the shipment and stole it from Massachusetts.

Hogan deliberately made secret arrangements with S Korea, and had the test kits flown directly to BWI, where Hogan and his staff met the plane and secretly conveyed the shipment to a storage location that only a few state employees know the location of. And he did all this to ensure that the Trump administration did not hijack that shipment like they did with shipments for other states.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/md-politics/hogan-south-korea-coronavirus-tests/2020/04/29/978ca8d6-8572-11ea-878a-86477a724bdb_story.html?fbclid=IwAR3s-zyhH49uLz5imnGVYMW4Kl5vA3SjoGFxZsMOQkfEJxnOW61x1S_6QAw

"...despite the fanfare surrounding Hogan’s $9.4 million deal with LabGenomics, the test kits from Seoul were not in short supply in the United States, according to interviews with industry experts. Domestic manufacturers were producing millions of them per week when Maryland struck its overseas deal. Some firms sell the kits for 20 to 30 percent less than what Hogan paid."

Just another consequence of “expert” hysteria.
Tragic.

How many people have to die from covid before you concede there's a problem?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don’t know enough about this issue to have an opinion.

First time I’ve read that here

[Anonymous]

If we’re going to open up the country, we’re going to need more testing kits than what is currently available, despite reassurances otherwise from Trump.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Even if he miscalculated, I believe he's acting in good faith and performing admirably in the face of a total vacuum in federal leadership.

Agreed. And since there were stories that the tests are being hoarded by the feds, states were having to bid against each other for supplies, and no real urgency to get testing kits manufactured (such as the order to keep meat plants open), Hogan took decisive action. I’m happy there are that many tests available for Marylanders.

Hence why Hogan is keeping his tests hidden and under guard because he's worried that the Trump administration will seize it and redistribute it to like Montana or Alaska or some other state