https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/29/business/coronavirus-us-ventilator-shortage.html
14 years ago, after the SARS coronavirus, the govt wanted to strategically stockpile 40K ventilators more advanced than was currently on the market at a price less than a third per unit than the going rate. A small biomed company took up the contract but was struggling financially. On premise of greater access to resources it was bought by a large competing company. That company then ended the ventilator program, had the contract cancelled, and the IP locked away.
14 years ago, after the SARS coronavirus, the govt wanted to strategically stockpile 40K ventilators more advanced than was currently on the market at a price less than a third per unit than the going rate. A small biomed company took up the contract but was struggling financially. On premise of greater access to resources it was bought by a large competing company. That company then ended the ventilator program, had the contract cancelled, and the IP locked away.
NY Times
The U.S. Tried to Build a New Fleet of Ventilators. The Mission Failed. (Published 2020)
As the coronavirus spreads, the collapse of the project helps explain America’s acute shortage.
We’re not going back to normal - MIT Technology Review
https://www.technologyreview.com/s/615370/coronavirus-pandemic-social-distancing-18-months/
https://www.technologyreview.com/s/615370/coronavirus-pandemic-social-distancing-18-months/
MIT Technology Review
We’re not going back to normal
To stop coronavirus we will need to radically change almost everything we do: how we work, exercise, socialize, shop, manage our health, educate our kids, take care of family members. We all want things to go back to normal quickly. But what most of us have…
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Samuel L Jackson Coronavirus bedtime story.
People in the US have a problem with people hoarding toilet paper while others have, at best, carefully rationed supplies.
The FED is working as hard as they can to print more, and a bill to distribute 1000 sheets to most people is currently underway.
The FED is working as hard as they can to print more, and a bill to distribute 1000 sheets to most people is currently underway.
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