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Might be a good time to retell the story of how the US tried to stockpile ventilators a decade ago As Project Aurora, but were stalled and eventually made zero
by Jemm 7y ago
Might be a good time to retell the story of how the US tried to stockpile ventilators a decade ago As Project Aurora, but were stalled and eventually made zero ventilators thanks to a company called Covidien (actual company name, not an April fools joke).
Covidien bought the company that was to make the cheaper ventilators for stockpile and then stalled and finally cancelled the project. Covidien incidentally already made a much more expensive ventilator.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/sns-nyt-us-failed-to-build-ventilators-coronavirus-20200330-tvrot5uh3vbszo6vw2ymxh6g64-story.html https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/sns-nyt-us-failed...
- throwawaymanbot 7y agoCovidien stalled because of "Profits" - This is why theres an issue with US Style capitalism.