GM’s CEO Offers to Make Ventilators in WWII-Style Mobilization
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#2If we were halfway rational, we would have started this in January. Failing that, start now.
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#3This is reported in the same way that the Google website debacle was -- someone offhandedly mentioned something, and this administration runs out to scream it from the mountaintops as an accomplishment. Look, they're doing stuff.
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#4This is inspiring. Echoes of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arsenal_of_Democracy
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#5If we were halfway rational, we would have started this in January. Failing that, start now.
This is pure hindsight. This didn't warrant that kind of response in January, not by a longshot. In January it looked exactly like the other comparatively minor respiratory viruses that pop up every few years. We can't shut down industry and retool factories just in case.
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#6This is reported in the same way that the Google website debacle was -- someone offhandedly mentioned something, and this administration runs out to scream it from the mountaintops as an accomplishment. Look, they're doing stuff.
Hey, at this point, I'll take it.
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#7If we were halfway rational, we would have started this in January. Failing that, start now.
A common catchphrase: The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time to plant a tree is today.
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#8This is reported in the same way that the Google website debacle was -- someone offhandedly mentioned something, and this administration runs out to scream it from the mountaintops as an accomplishment. Look, they're doing stuff.
Hey, at this point, I'll take it.
You should take actual progress, not bullshit. I'll take the whipping, but this administration is 100% show. If they cared about actual progress they would announce an actual plan, with actual participation of the company. Instead it's yet another incredibly lazy "See...and now we'll do jack shit for another week we've presidented".
And I'm sure the imaginary ventilators would be the best. Just beautiful. Everyone says so.
Company that actually makes ventilators (versus someone spitballing) has told the government they could increase production 5-fold with government assistance. Government has no interest. But here's a fun story about an imaginary plan with zero actual consideration where car factories are going to make somehow make ventilators...
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#9This is what Musk should be doing.
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#10If we were halfway rational, we would have started this in January. Failing that, start now.
To be fair, if we had started back then there is almost zero chance that we'd need to pull in additional factories like this.
Although arguably there might not be much need now either. The companies that make these have said that production can be increased.