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Re:E-VENT: Emergency ventilator design toolbox by rckstr on Monday March 30, 2020 @01:09PM (#22729868)
You don't mandate as much as you put out an offer. With the right incentive pretty sure many companies could switch to produce these items. And that's the point, it takes time to set up a production line, and the main reason why the government should have acted before.
Re:E-VENT: Emergency ventilator design toolbox by sailfast on Monday March 30, 2020 @01:18PM (#22729962)
It would've been nice if the thing the Government _did_ do before this had worked out. Instead, a large company bought the awardee and they requested the government cancel the contract, which resulted in a re-award and... no ventilators yet: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/29/business/coronavirus-us-v...