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Re:The U.S. tried to build a new fleet of ventilators by stainforth on Monday March 30, 2020 @12:00AM (#22725106)
Maybe I'm the first to bring up this comparison, but don't people deliver babies incidentally all the time (couldn't make it in time to the hospital, etc.) An event where I'm sure some would say only a doctor is qualified to handle it. And yet we still do what we have to.
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Re:The U.S. tried to build a new fleet of ventilators by omar_a1 on Monday March 30, 2020 @12:22AM (#22725217)
Childbirth is a bodily function that the species is biologically predispositioned to perform. It will happen whether a doctor is present or not, to say nothing of the numerous possible complications. Ventilation is not a comparable analogy here.
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Re:The U.S. tried to build a new fleet of ventilators by jacquesm on Monday March 30, 2020 @02:46AM (#22725781)
Yes and when we do it like that the risk to mother and child goes up tremendously.
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