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Statistically, if ill enough to need a ventilator... your odds of getting OFF a ventilator are very very low.
Simple answer... USA government is to buy a ventilator for everyone. (which will NOT get used and are 'aged-out' or seals dried out when we next need them (100 more yrs), )
Wow....if you really think a complex medical device could last 100 years...the seals! LOL
Meant well doesn't help the guy that needs a ventilator.
Yep at least GM is making them, just shows the difference between a real manufacturer that’s been around for over a hundred years and has stepped up when their country needed help again.
I guess this is the Thai cave rescue all over again. Who is the first to be called a pe*o by Musk?
I don't know what I've thought about Elon Musk and Tesla, but then I watched this. I'm a fan of him now and Tesla. It's a long video, but you realize he's a genius, odd, and entertaining.
DETROIT (WXYZ) — After a worldwide shutdown, automotive production is slowly resuming in China and Germany. It could soon be back here in the U.S. and metro Detroit.
For thousands of autoworkers looking at their new normal, Warren is where it has been developed.
Right now, General Motors has salaried employees working with contractors getting plants ready for large scale production. Safety procedures have been developed and used at the Warren Transmission plant that is making masks for medical personnel.
Getting cleared to go in is an extensive process that includes answering several questions and having your surface temperature taken. If it’s elevated, you go through a secondary screening.
Step two is an orientation with social distancing.
Step three is a surprise – a walk through a wind chamber to blow off any dust and debris with a walk on a sticky mat to clear your shoes.
7 Action News photographer Chris Jones and Reporter Jim Kiertzner were also given cloth mesh hairnets and coats to go into the clean room where face masks are being made. With all of that gear, people can stand closer than the 6-foot social distancing as many medical personnel do on the job.
Jim Glynn is in GM Workplace Safety and says most autoworkers will wear masks and safety glasses.
More than 600,000 masks have made here and are going to metro Detroit hospitals and out of state.
Some of the materials were converted by suppliers that were going into car parts.
The masks have to be sanitized before bagged and being shipped.
Within the next few days, N95 masks will be made here that are top of the line and can be used by doctors to perform surgery.
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