Rhode Island was wedged between two epicenters, New York and Boston. “I spent hours and hours of my days and nights scouring the earth to find PPE for my state,” Governor Gina Raimondo said. “I’d call FEMA and say, ‘Uh, can we tap into our national stockpile?’ And I’d just constantly get the runaround.” Finally, the federal agency promised that a truck full of PPE was on its way. “Tell me the time, I’ll check on it myself,” she said. She was told 7:00 p.m. Finally at 9:00 p.m., she got a text from FEMA saying the truck had arrived. “Hallelujah! I called my director of health. ‘Great news, the
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