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2024-05-29 03:23:20 UTC - NOT_HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 4296D12EDA57CFD5D90AABCF3AA7DC368DB79E5036C45452ABD36D727F10989F
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Missing important context. In early 2020, the federal govt delivered thousands of ventilators to states. https://nypost.com/2020/03/24/feds-shipping-4000-more-ventilators-to-new-york-in-coronavirus-fight/#:~:text=The%20federal%20government,the%20five%20boroughs https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2020/04/28/coronavirus-hospitals-avoid-ventilator-shortage-curve-new-york-flattens/3036008001/#:~:text=As%20the%20coronavirus%20curve%20flattened%2C%20even%20hard%2Dhit%20New%20York%20had%20enough%20ventilators The Trump administration had companies produce thousands more. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/investigations/2020/05/06/ventilator-makers-meet-first-deadline-deliver-4-4-k-amid-coronavirus/5176372002/ https://www.wsj.com/articles/manufacturers-deliver-4-200-ventilators-to-national-stockpile-11588710738 The ramp up and change in COVID-19 treatment strategy resulted in a ventilator surplus. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/08/18/ventilators-coronavirus-stockpile/#:~:text=During%20the%20first,covid%2D19%20changed https://apnews.com/article/health-us-news-ap-top-news-international-news-virus-outbreak-8ccd325c2be9bf454c2128dcb7bd616d#:~:text=But%20some%20doctors,in%20Manhattan%20hospitals https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-ap-top-news-mi-state-wire-politics-virus-outbreak-e08621567fd8758c89b0c5aed5ac5d72#:~:text=But%20over%20the%20past%20month%2C%20demand%20for%20ventilators%20has%20decreased%20even%20as%20the%20U.S.%20death%20toll%20from%20the%20novel%20coronavirus%20has%20surged%20past%2080%2C000.%20After%20observing%20unusually%20high%20death%20rates%20for%20coronavirus%20victims%20who%20were%20put%20on%20ventilators%2C%20many%20doctors%20are%20using%20them%20only%20as%20a%20last%20resort
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