People are focusing on the ventilators because in Italy there aren't enough to go around, and they have had to triage them. The UK government just put out a pl

People are focusing on the ventilators because in Italy there aren't enough to go around, and they have had to triage them. The UK government just put out a plea to manufacturers to make ventilators for the same reason. There are also lots of unstable regions of the world that won't be able to get ventilators at scale. In those places being able to build one with off the shelf parts will save lives.