Can the Second World War offer a blueprint for solving the coronavirus ventilator challenge?

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If British industry giants are to meet Boris Johnson’s demand for 30,000 ventilators, they could learn valuable lessons from the inventive manufacturers of the 1940s, write Jacob Thomas-Llewellyn and Vaughan Michell

. This is what galvanised the prime minister to request 20,000 “safe, efficient, oxygen conserving, easy-to-use portable and non-fixed supply” ventilators from industry leaders. Typically 4.7 per cent of Covid-19 patients become critical and require a ventilator.

 

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the US and especially New York State has a ton of ventilators that were never used. there isn't a shortage here - just ask trump for them if you need them. they're sitting in warehouses unused.

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