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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe U.S. forced major manufacturers to build ventilators. Now they're piling up unused ...
Some suppliers delivered ahead of schedule. Others, like Ford, faced production delays.
By Faiz Siddiqui 42 minutes ago
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rampartc
(5,416 posts)and, who knows, they may be.
Amishman
(5,557 posts)Better to have them and not need them than the other way around.
Vivienne235729
(3,384 posts)SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)Fullduplexxx
(7,865 posts)DonaldsRump
(7,715 posts)You can read it. I just did.
Tanuki
(14,919 posts)maintain a communications infrastructure, retain attorneys for when Trump and others threaten to sue, etc.
delisen
(6,044 posts)In exchange for escaping anti monopoly laws
magicarpet
(14,155 posts)bullwinkle428
(20,629 posts)It's almost as if they're bending over backwards in an effort to bolster Chump's arguments.
Happy Hoosier
(7,326 posts)There is a reasonable chance this isn't the last time they will be needed.
bigtree
(85,999 posts)...
"Navarro said that excess ventilators will be used to help other countries fighting the novel coronavirus, either as revenue-generating exports or as donations."
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/08/18/ventilators-coronavirus-stockpile/
...this is weird, though. FDA obviously needs to talk to the DHHS.
FDA creates first-ever medical supply shortage list including masks, swabs and ventilators
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/512129-fda-creates-first-ever-medical-supply-shortage-list-including-masks-swabs
...which is true? We have a surplus, or there's a shortage because DHHS is sitting on them waiting for a chance to either sell them or 'donate' them in some sort of partronage scheme?
Happy Hoosier
(7,326 posts).... we have "just in case." Why don;t e talk about the "piles" of nuclear missiles we have that aren;t getting used.
Article is trash.