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Tesla makes cars with sophisticated hvac systems. SpaceX makes spacecraft with life support systems. Ventilators are not difficult, but cannot be produced instantly. Which hospitals have these shortages you speak of right now?
If currents stats are any indication, there’s going to be a critical shortage of ventilators at practically every hospital in America within the next month.
Please get on this man 🙏🙏🙏
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Seattle is begging for masks and PPE but so far I haven't seen anything yet that says they need ventilators
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I have been wondering this too. Is Seattle holding up? I thought they were due to be overrun at the beginning of this week.
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Seattle ramped up testing and they are coming back with a 7% confirm rate. That sounded good but I'm no expert.
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Imagine somewhere there’s a sophisticated and clear information pathway for shortages and locations? Or is that absurd to expect?
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Simulation models are predicting that *even with social distancing* critical care bed capacity (the red line at the bottom) will be overwhelmed
So, all of the hospitals need ventilators. All of them. imperial.ac.uk/media/imperial
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Professor Moynihan, is there an update to this research now that we are a month further into the pandemic timeline? US local/state governments are pushing for economic reopening but everyone is fearful of it causing a resurgence.
Are you sure you’re not mixing up N95 masks with ventilators? I know masks are massively under supply but as far as I can find most hospitals are ok on ventilators for the time being (even though shortage is likely in the future with more cases)
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