We Have Passed France And South Korea As We Rocket Towards #1

Yes, and they all had unlimited funds. Furthermore, most of them had a full-time wizard on staff who could have conjured up thousands of ventilators with the right spell.

I don't know why they didn't do that.

Tom feels the creepy need to shore up every lie uttered by Trump and his propaganda network. You catch him at it, he just weasels.

You're spreading nasty, dangerous bullshit, Tom. And for what? Are you expecting to be invited to the White House to get a deep kiss, with tongue, for your loyalty?

'You're spreading nasty, dangerous bullshit, Tom. And for what? Are you expecting to be invited to the White House to get a deep kiss, with tongue, for your loyalty?"

Wants to give the village idiot a big sloppy one for the socialism check he's about to receive.

The bashing continues, as it has for over 3 plus years. And, of course, it has been oh so helpful. People have wised up and now pay little attention to the lying content of your postings. As it should be.

Cuomo could have used the money from the scandal riddled Buffalo Billion which has produced less than 1,000 jobs or diblasio could have used the billion from his wife's Thrive NYC

I'd guess that many large hospitals in the US have unused ventilators in storage that they either substituted with newer ones or had purchased more than they needed (vent company comes out with new version, offers older versions for cheap), or other reasons.   Called "excess out" when they offer excess equipment (free) to other hospitals in their network.   Problem is, nobody wants old or used stuff, just the latest and greatest.  So the warehouse fills up.  Like our houses and garages.  LOL.

Those big numbers of vents to be ordered make me think:  does the hospital have enough staff who can operate those ventilators?  I supposed certain operational requirements (documentation, for one) will be waved if it comes down to a room full of patients on army cots and ventilators...think the Jefferson Institute...from the movie Coma.  I hope the turnover will be faster than on that movie, as patients recover. 

I envision a glut of unused ventilators once the crisis is over.  What to do with them?  I predict a late wave of them from GM will never be put into service.  A good thing if it means the need has waned.  

That report that Tom falsely quoted about Cuomo, concluded the state didn't have enough staff to operate additional ventilators. 

I doubt that there are any ventilators sitting in storage even if they are obsolete.

And where will all the ventilators go when this is over? In secure storage, ready to be used during the next pandemic.

As fat as training staff is concerned, I would imagine anyone who already has experience caring for patients could be trained in maybe an hour.