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Re:GM’s CEO Offers to Make Ventilators in WWII-Style Mobiliz... by onetimemanytime on Thursday March 19, 2020 @01:36AM (#22624818)
>>Did no one bother to actually read the article? It says that there can potentially be a shortage but that there isn't currently.

By the time we see a shortage is late, way too late. Lungs need oxygen and cannot wait for purchase orders and negotiations. You'll need MILLIONS of them, and doctors that know how to use them, like yesterday.

Re:GM’s CEO Offers to Make Ventilators in WWII-Style Mobiliz... by babesh on Thursday March 19, 2020 @02:31AM (#22625070)
Currently there is more than enough. The problem is lack of information and lack of distribution. Making more without solving those problems is ineffectual.
Re:GM’s CEO Offers to Make Ventilators in WWII-Style Mobiliz... by johnmaguire2013 on Thursday March 19, 2020 @02:54AM (#22625170)
You can do both simultaneously - make more while solving the issue of communication and distribution. Again, you seem to miss the point - while there are currently enough, it is likely there will not be enough in the near future. If we don't produce more before that point, it is too late.