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Did everyone get the same daily memo ?

March 17, 2020
N.Y. May Need 18,000 Ventilators Very Soon. It Is Far Short of That.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/17/nyregion/ny-coronavirus-ventilators.html

Doctors are increasingly anxious that New York — like other states — won’t have enough of the breathing machines that are key to fighting the coronavirus.

https://www.usnews.com/news/health-news/articles/2020-03-17/hospitals-fear-shortage-of-ventilators-for-virus-patients
Hospitals Fear Shortage of Ventilators for Virus Patients
U.S. hospitals bracing for a possible onslaught of coronavirus patients with pneumonia and other breathing difficulties could face a critical shortage of mechanical ventilators.

By Associated Press, Wire Service Content March 17, 2020, at 5:30 p.m.
By LINDSEY TANNER and LINDA A. JOHNSON, AP Medical Writers

The Society of Critical Care Medicine has projected that 960,000 coronavirus patients in the U.S. may need to be put on ventilators at one point or another during the outbreak.