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> It is very clear that capacity expansion has to be the priority now. It has not seriously been addressed by any government as near as I can tell. Germany _di
by kiney 7y ago
> It is very clear that capacity expansion has to be the priority now. It has not seriously been addressed by any government as near as I can tell.
Germany _did_ address this. Currently there are 25k beds with ventilator, the federal government ordered 10k ventilators more from the largest local supplier (Drägerwerke) and explicitly bypassed normal procurement laws.
That company is now extending manufacturing capacity, but it
won't be fast enough.
- kiney 7y agoAnother thing they do is recruiting med students as emergency staff, but this seems to be in an early phase. And we're still comparatively early in the pandemic. In my perception our government is actually handling the situation surprisingly well until now. We even overcame years long blockades of our federalism.