04-03-2020, 12:26 PM
kander - No reason NY should get them all when there are other hot spots that need them equally.
Where are these other hotspots that a greater need that NY right now? If the Fed stockpile only has 10k ventilators that's 200 per state equally. How is this type of withholding and distribution going to significantly help anyone?
To paraphrase Cuomo - if you have 5 drills and I borrow a couple with the promise to either return them or buy you new drills, how are you missing out? You still have 3 drills and if you need more I can return those I borrowed or buy you new ones. (speaking of gathering excess ventilators from around NY state and deploying where the demands require)
https://www.politico.com/states/new-york...es-1271376
Cuomo - "Several hundred [ventilators] could represent several hundred lives so am I willing to deploy the National Guard and inconvenience people for several hundred lives, you're damn right I am."
Where are these other hotspots that a greater need that NY right now? If the Fed stockpile only has 10k ventilators that's 200 per state equally. How is this type of withholding and distribution going to significantly help anyone?
To paraphrase Cuomo - if you have 5 drills and I borrow a couple with the promise to either return them or buy you new drills, how are you missing out? You still have 3 drills and if you need more I can return those I borrowed or buy you new ones. (speaking of gathering excess ventilators from around NY state and deploying where the demands require)
https://www.politico.com/states/new-york...es-1271376
Cuomo - "Several hundred [ventilators] could represent several hundred lives so am I willing to deploy the National Guard and inconvenience people for several hundred lives, you're damn right I am."