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Re:GM’s CEO Offers to Make Ventilators in WWII-Style Mobiliz... by maccam94 on Thursday March 19, 2020 @01:39AM (#22624835)
For some context, we might have a shortage of over 100,000 ventilators in the US if we fail to flatten the curve (or over a million if we don't take any precautions).

Some numbers for a conservative estimate where only low-risk people are infected: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22590692

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Re:GM’s CEO Offers to Make Ventilators in WWII-Style Mobiliz... by koheripbal on Thursday March 19, 2020 @08:11AM (#22626701)
If we really don't flatten the curve, then the estimates are over 400,000 shortage.
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