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Across-the-board cuts hit the CDC, which managed the stockpile at the time. Overall funding for the stockpile dropped to its lowest in 2013, to about $477 million.

So they didn't refill the PPE stocks. Thanks for verifying.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2020...

The claim: The Obama administration used and did not replenish the nation’s emergency stockpile of medical supplies, including N95 masks

And the verdict?

Our rating: True
We rate this claim TRUE because it is supported by our research. There is no indication that the Obama administration took significant steps to replenish the supply of N95 masks in the Strategic National Stockpile after it was depleted from repeated crises. Calls for action came from experts at the time concerned for the country’s ability to respond to future serious pandemics. Such recommendations were, for whatever reason, not heeded.

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