"They can manufacture as many vents as they want,

"They can manufacture as many vents as they want, but if you don't have nurses to care for the patients and who know how to handle a vent then it's a moot point."

This is a very important point... From Forbes...

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There’s another element of treatment capacity, just as scary: staffing. A ventilator is not a plug and play machine. It needs to be meticulously calibrated to the patient, and if the calibration is not done right or is not updated, the patient is doomed. Pneumothorax, lung collapse, pneumonia from a hospital bug, oxygen toxicity and aspiration of vomit are among the complications. Will there be enough doctors and therapists?

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