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Old 10-01-2023, 07:30 PM
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Originally Posted by Bill14564 View Post
Did the use wane during the huge spikes in hospitalizations in the winter of 2020, spring of 2021, and winter 2021 into 2022 or after? The links criticizing the surplus were all created in summer 2020, prior to these spikes.

(I would comment on the articles I have found but links are still hard to format)

What is the dispute here anyway; is it that more than enough ventilators were acquired? There were. I believe the ventilator issue arose when someone suggested that while some portion of the 1.6M excess deaths were attributable to Covid (I believe >80% are), some/many/most of those were *caused* by ventilator use. I have come across no evidence of that.
I believe some people are complaining that there was a surplus ordered, however they were left abandoned and unused, thereby creating a shortage.

Thing is, half of the ones ordered, were not built to handle the severity of COVID-19. And so - that half went unused, and abandoned in warehouses.