[taylodl]

That's interesting. I had not heard that but that raises the question of where did those 40,000 medical professionals practice medicine? Where did China get all their ventilators and PPEs? Did they need them? Once this is all over I hope all the countries get together and compare notes and experiences so we're all better prepared for the next pandemic.

[unsignedchar]

In most of the world, the lack of preparation seems to be more for structural and political reasons than due to lack of knowledge.

NYT had a fascinating story on an effort in the US to scale up production of ventilators, that produced nothing in 14 years

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/29/business/coronavirus-us-v...