The Great Ventilator Rush

The projections were horrifying. Experts were forecasting upwards of 100 million people in the United States infected with the novel coronavirus, with 2 percent needing intensive care, and half of those requiring the use of medical ventilators. In early March, it seemed as if the United States might need a million ventilators to cope with COVID-19—six times as many as hospitals had at the time. Th

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"Now, though, before most of the DIY ventilators could make it to production, let alone treat a patient, the need for them has faded away."