Bottom line is that there is a significant shortage of ventilators and PPEs.
Some hospitals ate already running out and some ate going to run out by April. And some ate looking into reusing PPEs.
That the fed govt will not help to mitigate pricing and stock is shameful.
Valentina327 wrote: ↑Mon Mar 23, 2020 8:08 pmI watched the briefing today and they've figured out a way to retrofit the ventilators they use in the OR to be able to work in the regular hospital setting. I thought that was great news. The governors have all been checking the medical facilities to inventory and gather as many respirators as they can.cgd5112 wrote: ↑Mon Mar 23, 2020 11:47 am Oh my ... that is heartbreaking.
We’re heading in that very direction where probability of survival will determine who gets a vent.
MonarchMom wrote: ↑Mon Mar 23, 2020 11:43 am This will be a very bad move if he decides to lift this because he doesn't like seeing unemployment continue to rise. Just look at Spain and Italy - major fatalities and the numbers still rising because they did not act soon enough to distance people. We can recover financially. We can loan businesses money or support them with grants. You can't reverse the permanent lung damage some suffer from this virus or bring back lost family members.