Most countries in Europe are tracking the same infection rates as Italy [1] just with a few days' offset (as they effectively started later). Thus it doesn't t

Most countries in Europe are tracking the same infection rates as Italy [1] just with a few days' offset (as they effectively started later). Thus it doesn't take a genius to realise that where Italy is now, most other countries will be shortly. So, that being the case, does it really sound like smart governance for a country to ship its ventilators to Italy? Even ignoring the time taken, loss, breakage, and other issues (training? compatability? would Italy have sufficient trained staff to operate them?) what would then happen in a week when the donor countries suddenly needed their ventilators back? Demand that the critially-ill Italians using them are woken up, and the ventilators be shipped back again? It might sound cruel, but a government's first priority is usually the care of its (own) citizens. And there's almost nowhere in Europe that won't be needing every one of its own ventilators, very soon. [1] http://nrg.cs.ucl.ac.uk/mjh/covid19/ http://nrg.cs.ucl.ac.uk/mjh/covid19/