I thought this was interesting from the OP: > To put it simply, we do not know how many lives ventilators could or will save. It seems that at least two-thirds

I thought this was interesting from the OP: > To put it simply, we do not know how many lives ventilators could or will save. It seems that at least two-thirds of attempts to stave off death with their use will fail in the short term. Of the remaining third, we do not know how many will be successful in the medium or long term. This doesn’t quite seem like a convincing rationale to shut down the economy, redirect previous manufacturing output towards ventilators and suspend civil liberties to give us more time for the attempt.