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20×102mm Vulcan
https://www.health.ny.gov/regulations/task_force/reports_publications/docs/ventilator_guidelines.pdf
from Page 31 of the aforementioned report:
Stockpiling Ventilators
New York State pandemic planning includes careful consideration of the potential shortage of ventilators, based on the estimates discussed above. There is a federal government stockpile of ventilators, but its use is limited for any one locality; there are not enough ventilators to be distributed to meet demand if many regions need them at once.
New York State has stockpiled 1,750 ventilators to help reduce ventilator need in the face of the moderate scenario; however, there are no current plans to buy enough ventilators for the most severe model. The State's current approach to stockpiling a limited number of ventilators balances the need to prepare for a potential pandemic against the need to maintain adequate funding for current and ongoing health care expenses. Furthermore, severe staffing shortages are anticipated, and purchasing additional ventilators beyond a threshold will not save additional lives, because there will not be a sufficient number of trained staff to operate them. In the event of an overwhelming burden on the health care system, New York will not have sufficient ventilators to meet critical care needs despite its emergency stockpile. If the most severe forecast becomes a reality, New York State and the rest of the country will need to allocate ventilators and other scarce resources.
In sum, Cuomo knew NY State needed 15,000 more ventilators in 2015, and did nothing.
In fact, in that very report, the state justified not buying the 15K ventilators because "severe staffing shortages are anticipated, and purchasing additional ventilators beyond a threshold will not save additional lives, because there will not be a sufficient number of trained staff to operate them."
Andy Cuomo wants 30K more ventilators from the Feds and he wants them yesterday. However, less than five years ago the state's rationale for not purchasing the 15K (it knew it would need during this very type of scenario) was, even if the state had the 15K extra ventilators, there would never be enough personnel to even operate them.
He is a pos.
and again ..