The ventilators became more of a signaling issue. Tons of people with no medical knowledge making a big issue about it to signal to others that they care about

The ventilators became more of a signaling issue. Tons of people with no medical knowledge making a big issue about it to signal to others that they care about something they think people should care about. Every politician and vocal amateur healthcare system critic were commenting most on it. It was as absurd as the disproportional outrage over the vaping deaths last year. Any one who knew anything about vents was making the point that the number of vents only matters if you happen to have enough qualified medical professionals like intensivists and anesthesiologists to operate them. I wonder if the 9 out of 10 dying is because patients are really too far gone and vents are useless or because of a mismatch in number of vents versus number of professionals that can successfully use them.