Premier: Distributing N95 Stockpile To Public Jeopardizes Providers’ Access

President Joe Biden’s Jan. 13 announcement that he will make N95s free and available to the American public will destroy the national stockpile and jeopardize health care providers’ access to proper personal protective equipment, Premier, an alliance of over 4,000 hospitals and health care systems, warned Friday (Jan. 14). The statement came as administration officials remain divided on the issue; the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated its mask guidance Friday to include N95s, but also said individuals’ mask...