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Mar 20, 2020
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Thrill
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So, Medtronic ventilators cost $25-50k each. Instead of sending people $1k each
why not buy more ventilators with that money instead and let everyone else get back to work?
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So, Medtronic ventilators cost $25-50k each. Instead of sending people $1k each
Thrill
3/20/20 2:55pm
can ventilators vote in November?
Mike Honcho
3/20/20 2:56pm
Just because you’re out of the range doesn’t mean you have to ruin the fun
Heath Squashwell
3/20/20 2:56pm
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Buffalo
3/20/20 2:57pm
Can we buy those AND open up the economy? If not, the people are going to need
777
3/20/20 2:57pm
Because they can only build ventilators so rapidly. The real reason behind this stimulus has nothing to do with the
Pimpin4Paradise
3/20/20 2:59pm
Freaking Kenyans.
Zach Morris
3/20/20 3:31pm
What good is being alive if we are all broke and homeless?
ditch
3/20/20 3:04pm
Ventilators are just one of the many pieces of equipment needed to care for an
HeismanTy
3/20/20 3:07pm
The reality though is that ventilators are the key ingredient and many other
Idahofallsblue
3/20/20 3:09pm
I argue that, by far, the most limited resource is ICU attending physicians
HeismanTy
3/20/20 3:12pm
Lots of anesthesiologists and respiratory techs can share the load
Nakedbootleg
3/20/20 3:24pm
yes can share the load, but they too are a limited resource.
HeismanTy
3/20/20 3:30pm
Agree, but I think equipment supply will be the Achilles heel if worst comes to
Nakedbootleg
3/20/20 3:36pm
There doing that too
jholling
3/20/20 3:10pm
That logic would cause more people to need ventilators than we could buy.
ditch
3/20/20 3:11pm
Yep. Except their not just sitting in a warehouse waiting to be bought.
Taysom 4 Heisman
3/20/20 3:29pm
Pull the old ones out of the warehouse.
jholling
3/20/20 3:55pm
They probably have to manufacture the ventilators, which is a slow process.
oldrugger
3/20/20 5:41pm
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