1. Ok, regarding Trump's lie about feds buying lots of ventilators. Done some research. First, the number of ventilators manufactured in USA is only a small portion of global. And NO ONE is going to sell us ventilators when there is also a crisis in their own countries...
2...so, the basics:
The *global* capacity for building ventilators can increase 5-fold - in 2-4 *months.* BUT only some of that is US. And that doesnt include obtaining the parts. I don't know who makes where parts come from. If Europe or China? Yah, we wont get them....
The *global* capacity for building ventilators can increase 5-fold - in 2-4 *months.* BUT only some of that is US. And that doesnt include obtaining the parts. I don't know who makes where parts come from. If Europe or China? Yah, we wont get them....
3....right now, we make something less than 50,000 A YEAR worldwide. But some of that is not suitable for ICUs.
Assuming everything goes perfectly, and the increase is 5-fold (the highest) after ramping up, the industry *worldwide* will start producing 28,000 per month....
Assuming everything goes perfectly, and the increase is 5-fold (the highest) after ramping up, the industry *worldwide* will start producing 28,000 per month....
4...but again, that's in 2-4 months. Until then - 4,200 a month. Worldwide.
So, we can't get ventilators soon, we don't have staff to monitor them, we need ICU beds for them we don't have....sigh
STOP LYING IN A CRISIS @POTUS!!!!! You cant lie your way into being prepared!
So, we can't get ventilators soon, we don't have staff to monitor them, we need ICU beds for them we don't have....sigh
STOP LYING IN A CRISIS @POTUS!!!!! You cant lie your way into being prepared!
