*IN THE LINE OF DUTY* OFFICER DOWN

[HairOfTheDog]

It is a stain on our country that there is not enough PPE for all of those on our front lines.

I agree.  

It's saddening and maddening that all of our first-responder groups are having to compete with each other, other states, and even international markets where the PPE has been exported even after the coronavirus was a known threat to our country.

It did not have to be this way; our government was unforgivably unprepared for a known risk.  

The citizens who are fighting on the front lines to keep us healthy should have been top priority from the start.  I've heard the analogy that sending our first-responders and health care workers into the trenches without proper PPE is like sending soldiers to war without adequate weaponry/ammunition.  That's how I see it too.