TRUMP ADMIN. BUNGLED STOCKPILE ALLOTMENT Trump administration health
officials said that 3.5 billion N95 masks were needed to respond to the
epidemic, but only 0.33% of that number were distributed to states,
according to the House Oversight and Reform Committee. “Now that the
national stockpile has been depleted of critical equipment, it appears
that the Administration is leaving states to fend for themselves,� the
committee chairperson said in a statement. As the stockpile dwindled,
the government sent states with vastly different populations the same
amount of supplies. [HuffPost]


PASTOR: 'TRUE CHRISTIANS DON'T MIND DYING' IF INFECTED AT CHURCH Rev.
Tony Spell, pastor of Life Tabernacle Church in the Louisiana city of
Central, is facing six misdemeanor charges after defying Gov. John Bel
Edwards’ orders aimed at curbing the spread of the coronavirus. Spell
shrugged off critics saying he's putting his congregants at risk,
saying: “Like any zealot or like any pure religious person, death looks
to them like a welcome friend. True Christians do not mind dying.�
[HuffPost]