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I’m not actually sure the bottleneck will be our stock of ventilators, nor do I think it will be very difficult to build enough within the next month or two — a

I’m not actually sure the bottleneck will be our stock of ventilators, nor do I think it will be very difficult to build enough within the next month or two — at least not to the point where we’d need a wartime mobilization They don’t run themselves, however. They require specialists, many of whom that will themselves catch the virus and have to quarantine. It’s not just doctors but anesthesiologists, nurses, technicians, etc. Not to mention just having physical room in the hospitals.

malandrew 7y ago
The issue as you highlighted is correct. We lack intensivists. In terms of ventilators and critical care beds, the US is actual well ahead of most other countries. https://sccm.org/Blog/March-2020/United-States-Resource-Availability-for-COVID-19 https://sccm.org/Blog/March-2020/United-States-Resource-Avai... The reason people think we have fewer beds per capita is because they are counting regular hospital beds and don't include beds available in outpatient facilities. What I was unable to find out is how many intensivists per capita are available per country. If anyone can find that data, I'd be curious to see it.