I'm not sure about developing countries, but I think by this point developed countries are probably on the right track to not need emergency-design ventilators.

I'm not sure about developing countries, but I think by this point developed countries are probably on the right track to not need emergency-design ventilators. That said, I hope the most promising of these designs get carried through to 'production-ready', in case we get hit with something even worse than COVID in the future, which is easy to imagine. Basically the US govt attempt detailed in this story, but with a sucessful conclusion instead of a failure. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/29/business/coronavirus-us-ventilator-shortage.html https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/29/business/coronavirus-us-v...