Originally Posted by
nate5ks
This problem does not have "near unlimited resources." If you just got laid off from your job as a server you aren't going to immediately turn around and start producing ventilators in your basement and selling them to hospitals. It's a little more logistically complicated than that.
And you think people are going to start going back to restaurants anyway? If you're a server. hotel clerk, etc then you have a couple months to find a new line of work, regardless of whether or not the quarantine is lifted by the federal govt.
You don't buy a ventilator on Etsy. Ford and Tesla are spooling up ventilator assembly lines, right now. A lot can get done in a few weeks with a free capitalist economy.
Also, want to see the difference between taking action and taking very little action or reacting too late (aka being irresponsible). Here' a side-by-side comparison of the responses of KY and TN:
https://www.wave3.com/2020/03/24/gra...es-goes-viral/
Which situation looks more manageable?