And while the acute shortages are global, not just in the United States, some European governments are deploying wartime-mobilization tactics to get factories churning out more ventilators — and to stop domestic companies from exporting them.
The United States, by contrast, has been slow to develop a national strategy for accelerating the production of ventilators. That appears to reflect in part the federal government’s sluggish reaction to the coronavirus, with President Trump and others initially playing down the threat. This week, Mr. Trump urged governors to find ways to procure new ventilators. “Try getting it yourselves,” he said. [emphasis added]
In addition to G.M., Ford and Fiat Chrysler, Honda, Toyota and Nissan also said they would idle their North American factories. The shutdown of car plants will force hundreds of companies that produce parts and components to follow suit over the coming days.
Original 3/16/2020 post, "GET ME REWRITE: Trump outsources obtaining respirators and other medical equipment to the states", starts here.
CDC now the Center for Disease Complacency.
Trump to Governors on Ventilators: ‘Try Getting It Yourselves’. (The New York Times, 3/16/2020)
Aside from Mr. Trump’s predictions — which are at odds with his medical advisers, who say the worst is yet to come — the president seemed to evince little awareness of the severity of the contagion.
Related posts:
March 16-31, 2020
Coronavirus point/counterpoint, starring an absent Donald Trump. (3/16/2020)
Fighting Coronavirus: Too bad we didn't get that border wall built. (3/16/2020)
Panicked shoppers flock to Woodman's West in Madison WI. (3/16/2020)
Worldometer (and others) track the Coronavirus. (3/16/2020)
March 11-15, 2020
The 40 GOP members of the House of Representatives who voted against the Coronavirus Relief Bill. (3/15/2020)
GET ME REWRITE: Trump proposes corporate bailouts while local and state public health departments starve. (3/15/2020)
Coronavirus point/counterpoint, starring a clueless Donald Trump. (3/15/2020)
What's the matter with Ted Cruz? (3/14/2020)
Coronavirus notwithstanding, 4 a.m. DNC bar time still a priority for Wisconsin state legislature. (3/13/2020)
GET ME REWRITE: 2 Trump fanboys (and Freedom Caucus crazies) reinforce the notion of white male privilege. (3/11/2020)
Stacking up responses to the coronavirus pandemic (the political rallies edition). (3/11/2020)
March 6-10, 2020
The White House burns, a 'raging' fire, while Mike Pence fiddles. (3/10/2020)
Worldometer (and others) track the Coronavirus. (3/10/2020)
Presenting Donald Trump, star of The Coronavirus Show. (3/9/2020)
Trump coronavirus point-counterpoint (stock market edition). (3/9/2020)
Channeling Bloody Mary: White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow on the Coronavirus. (3/9/2020)
GET ME REWRITE: Sean Duffy's daughter ridiculed for parroting inane GOP talking point. (3/9/2020)
Dear New York Times, It's called bullying. It's an act of aggression. It has nothing to do with strength of character. Best, Retiring Guy. (3/9/2020)
March 1-5, 2020
Dear Mike Pence, How's that coronavirus messaging stacking up? Best, Retiring Guy. (3/5/2020)
GET ME REWRITE: To combat the coronavirus epidemic, Iran's leaders choose a terrible idea. (3/4/2020)
GET ME REWRITE: Trump fumes as coronavirus tanks stock market, sends re-election campaign strategy off a cliff. (3/2/2020)
GET ME REWRITE: Pence offers disturbing example of White House's disciplined approach to coronavirus messaging. (3/2/2020
February 2020
The company he keeps: the Alex Azar connections. (2/28/2020)
Meet Russell Vought, the 'acting' GOP hack that Trump installed at OMB. (2/25/2020)
Dear Trump loyalists Richard Shelby and Bradley Byrne, There's this other kind of flu goin' round. Best, Retiring Guy. (2/24/2020)
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