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should the bay area be sending ventilators out? - g1313 - 04-05-2020
The Santa Clara county tracking dashboard has been pretty stable for a week in terms of hospitalizations, and we are only using about 1/3rd of available ventilators (200 out of 600). At what point would it make sense to send some of them to other parts of the state or country where they can save lives?
RE: should the bay area be sending ventilators out? - M T - 04-06-2020
Do you think someone reads the CARDboard?
California to Send 500 State-Owned Ventilators to the National Stockpile to Help States in Need
RE: should the bay area be sending ventilators out? - 82 Card - 04-07-2020
(04-06-2020, 06:52 PM)M T Wrote: Do you think someone reads the CARDboard?
California to Send 500 State-Owned Ventilators to the National Stockpile to Help States in Need
Sending the ventilators to national stockpile is a mistake. At the national stockpile they will be used for political favors. They should be sent directly to the states in need.
RE: should the bay area be sending ventilators out? - chrisk - 04-07-2020
(04-07-2020, 02:27 PM)82 Card Wrote:(04-06-2020, 06:52 PM)M T Wrote: Do you think someone reads the CARDboard?
California to Send 500 State-Owned Ventilators to the National Stockpile to Help States in Need
Sending the ventilators to national stockpile is a mistake. At the national stockpile they will be used for political favors. They should be sent directly to the states in need.
The distribution to states has been identified and the ventilators will go directly to them.
RE: should the bay area be sending ventilators out? - magnus - 04-08-2020
100 to NJ, 100 to NY, 100 to IL
https://www.nj.com/coronavirus/2020/04/california-sends-100-ventilators-to-nj-for-coronavirus-surge-we-will-repay-the-favor-gov-murphy-says.html
RE: should the bay area be sending ventilators out? - 82 Card - 04-08-2020
100 ventilators is a drop in the bucket compared to what NJ needs. I hope others can find spare machines as well.
Interesting that the California National Guard flew the machines to their destinations. I guess Newsom wasn't going to let anyone else get their mitts on the machines.
RE: should the bay area be sending ventilators out? - M T - 04-08-2020
I had thought that maybe the SCC supply of ventilators might drop as a result of the shipment. Instead, it has crept up. On March 30, there were 611 ventilators, now 645.
RE: should the bay area be sending ventilators out? - magnus - 04-08-2020
(04-08-2020, 02:53 PM)M T Wrote: I had thought that maybe the SCC supply of ventilators might drop as a result of the shipment. Instead, it has crept up. On March 30, there were 611 ventilators, now 645.
I thought I read that CA was able to refurbish some and maybe purchase some others.