Trump Decides To Force GM To Produce Ventilators
Bending to reality, President Trump has invoked the Defense Production Act to force General Motors to produce ventilators.
The order requires GM to "accept, perform, and prioritize Federal contracts for ventilators." In a statement, Trump said, "Our negotiations with GM regarding its ability to supply ventilators have been productive, but our fight against the virus is too urgent to allow the give-and-take of the contracting process to continue to run its normal course. GM was wasting time. Today's action will help ensure the quick production of ventilators that will save American lives."
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It was the right thing to do, even though it will make it harder to act like the country will be open by Easter.
Correct, it was. How will this effect the cost for GM? Last I heard, that was the sticking point.
I heard on my local news two weeks ago that one of the auto plants has already done this.
This is a good thing. With the growing number of those infected and such a limited number of ventilators and related equipment, every bit of help would be appreciated.
GM will be so far behind the curve... they said they could have something by July.
Meanwhile Dyson has already designed a model and started producing up to 15,000 using many off the shelf parts from their many models of vacuum cleaners. The British government is supposedly fast tracking the two approvals needed.
Meanwhile a second British vacuum cleaner company said they could make up to 10,000 ventilator based on a similar design with their own off the shelf parts.
Existing American ventilator companies are curtailed by the parts supply chain, many electronics which come from China.
Meanwhile Ford will provide plant space and employees to help 3M and GE Healthcare to ramp up current production.
Meanwhile Ireland's health device behemoth will partner with Tesla in a similar fashion like Ford.
GM will partner with Ventec to eventually make up to 200,000 ventilators starting in July.
I see in the very near future warehouses filled with unneeded ventilators manufactured under the auspices of a hostile take over.
If GM is to be taken over, take over Ford and Chrysler as well, be fair about it,
otherwise it seems like an act of desperation or retribution.
IMHO.
The same will probably happen to masks, gowns, and other related equipment.
That can happen when panic and hysteria leads to overreaction.
I saw on the news that the Smithsonian found 10 cartons of ten year old respirators in an old "crypt"?
We really can't afford to screw around with this.