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Re:Interview with German Ventilator Manufacturer by pintxo on Saturday March 28, 2020 @08:41AM (#22710783)
Germany is at 80% though. So not that much difference.
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Re:Interview with German Ventilator Manufacturer by graeme on Saturday March 28, 2020 @08:44AM (#22710799)
That’s 4x the spare capacity in the system.
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Re:Interview with German Ventilator Manufacturer by peteretep on Saturday March 28, 2020 @09:13AM (#22710939)
Right? It’s a bafflingly huge number, and almost everything I’ve seen mentioned so far would support 2x tops.
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Re:Interview with German Ventilator Manufacturer by eerltjhiou on Saturday March 28, 2020 @08:43AM (#22710794)
80% versus 95% occupancy while having 5 times more beds can only be explained by Germany using ICU beds when they don't really need it (ie: as regular beds).
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Re:Interview with German Ventilator Manufacturer by liqu0rice on Saturday March 28, 2020 @10:09AM (#22711221)
Or the UK is using regular beds where an ICU bed would be appropriate...
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