LogFAQs > #936300074

You can't snap fingers to make things appear.

Do you want some in New York or New Orleans or Michigan or...?

I am sure if they are in stockpile they have to be tested to ensure they work properly. I heard only 12000 were stockpiled, so if they want 5000, New York 30000, and etc... What do you do? Production can only produce them so fast I am sure.

Do you use the DPA to retool factories to produce them? That doesn't happen magically either and if by time they get production up and running and producing, it might not even be of use then.

The White House was all set yesterday to announce a deal on accelerated ventilator production with GM. Then suddenly, the deal was off. Among the concerns said to have been cited was the pricetag and whether they would end up with an expensive surplus of ventilators. The pricetag would be just over 1 billion for duration of the deal, meanwhile they just passed a 2 TRILLION dollar spending deal