In a conference call on March 16, President Donald Trump told governors it should try to get ventilators and other life-saving equipment on their own.
Three-and-a-half weeks later, states are competing against each other and against other countries for a limited supply of PPE, ventilators, and other vital tools in combating COVID-19.
We talk to Rose Hoban, editor of North Carolina Health News, about how that dynamic between the federal and state government is playing out in hospitals.
