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Elon Musk is being criticized after apparently sending BiPAP machines instead of ventilators to a New York hospital

Elon Musk is being criticized for apparently sending BiPAP machines, not the life-support ventilators most-needed to save coronavirus patients, to a New York hospital.

New York City Hospitals thanked Musk and Tesla in a tweet for sending "40 ventilators" to a hospital in Queens, but the photo appears to show a BiPAP machine, which is more commonly used for sleep apnea. Some medical experts have warned that CPAP and BiPAP machines could be harmful in treating coronavirus patients by potentially spreading the disease.

But, the FDA recently issued guidance that CPAP and BiPAP machines could be substituted for ventilators as hospitals face shortages. Elon Musk is being criticized for appearing to send BiPAP machines, not life-support ventilators, to a hospital in New York. In a tweet, New York City Hospitals thanked Musk and Tesla for sending "40 ventilators" to Elmhurst Hospital in Queens, New York. The photo appears to show a BiPAP machine, which is more commonly used for problems like sleep apnea, rather than one of the larger, more expensive life-support ventilators that hospitals around the country are asking for to treat coronavirus patients.

 

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He’s a clown

lah

makes one question his promise to send 1 million people to Mars by 2050, don't it? Guess ventilators vs. BiPAP really is rocket science.

No good deed goes unpunished.

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