News U.S. companies kept shipping masks overseas even as hospitals ran out and despite warnings May 8, 2020May 8, 2020 Dian Zhang, Katie Wedell and Erin Mansfield, USA TODAY Comments Off on U.S. companies kept shipping masks overseas even as hospitals ran out and despite warnings Warnings reached VP Mike Pence but Trump did not act for weeks as thousands got sick and U.S. hospitals were forced to ration safety equipment.