There has been a lot of shortage in regards to PPE for healthcare workers. This is
because the biggest exporter of PPE, especially masks, is China, where the pandemic started. They could not export more since they were in dire need of using the masks and other PPE in fights against the pandemic in their own country. This led to some suggesting that the US should encourage the local manufacturers to start mass
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ion of PPEs for the country’s use. The president was urged to fund this project as a mitigation measure in the fight against the
pandemic. The shortage would lead to healthcare workers judicious use of the PPE while attending to the patients. In some healthcare centers, they would prolong the use of the masks to save the few that were supplied. However, the president started wearing masks in public just the other
day; in fact, he started wearing at the end of June 2020. He downplayed expert opinions and even called the virus a china virus. He even did not want to lock down the country, but deaths and public pressure mounted on him and yielded to it. This is a form of unstructured leadership among the Republican Party. This essay explores the necessary PPE for healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. The PPE that would be explored is gloves, masks, gowns, aprons, and boots.