From the article: > If there is a risk of a surge in need, and if it takes three months to boost part deliveries, somebody ought to be placing orders right now

From the article: > If there is a risk of a surge in need, and if it takes three months to boost part deliveries, somebody ought to be placing orders right now. But a hospital might well hesitate, given the perhaps equal risk that the extra machines will never be used. Who would eat the cost? That explains why the German order came from the government.