After One Tweet, This Man Got $69M from New York for Ventilators

You mean the state of New York did absolutely zero due diligence? I understand they were grasping in grappling with trying to get all the ventilators they could, but did no one think to Google the company?

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Post by arthurcolle » Thu, Apr 30, 2020, 1:57 AM UTC

Classic strategy, over promise and under deliver

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Post by ceejayoz » Thu, Apr 30, 2020, 1:58 AM UTC

Simulacra wrote: post #4

You mean the state of New York did absolutely zero due diligence? I understand they were grasping in grappling with trying to get all the ventilators they could, but did no one think to Google the company?

> A state official, speaking on background because he was not authorized to publicly discuss the terms of the deal, said New York entered into the contract with Oren-Pines at the direct recommendation of the White House coronavirus task force.

I've run into vendors who don't have websites or any appreciable presence, where you wind up going "holy crap, I had no idea you existed and you serve like half the industry". (I've also been one of these.)

It's plausible they assumed the White House had one of these sorts of vendors.

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Post by hervature » Thu, Apr 30, 2020, 2:00 AM UTC

Dramatize wrote: post #3

Touche wrote: post #2

How can this be real life.

America elected a reality TV personality to be President.

Except the President doesn't run New York state, the governor does.

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Post by [deleted] » Thu, Apr 30, 2020, 2:01 AM UTC

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Post by YetAnotherNick » Thu, Apr 30, 2020, 2:01 AM UTC

Dramatize wrote: post #3

Touche wrote: post #2

How can this be real life.

America elected a reality TV personality to be President.

What do you want? President doing the background check of the company from which NY is buying few thousand ventilators from?

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Post by TAForObvReasons » Thu, Apr 30, 2020, 2:02 AM UTC

hervature wrote: post #7

Dramatize wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

America elected a reality TV personality to be President.

Except the President doesn't run New York state, the governor does.

It's worth reading the article. The subtitle adds a bit of necessary context:

> The Silicon Valley engineer, who had no background in medical supplies but was recommended by the White House, never delivered the ventilators.

The article has a direct quote:

> “The guy was recommended to us by the White House coronavirus task force because they were doing business with him as well,” said the New York state official.

I don't think the state government expected that the White House would recommend a scammer.