“So ventilators are for the patients?”
That is correct. Ventilators are machines to help patients breathe.
Respirators (in simple form) are filters and are worn by the rest of us, including hospital staff (also much used in woodworking to filter out dust.)
Do a go-ogle search on each and click on “images”. Easy to see the difference in the pictures.
Respirators (in simple form) are filters and are worn by the rest of us,
Remember that Obama jumbled speech:
“Everybody knows that it makes no sense that you send a kid to the emergency room for a treatable illness like asthma. They end up taking up a hospital bed. It costs when, if you, they just gave, you gave, treatment early, and they got some treatment, and uhhh a breathalyzer, or uhh, an inhalator, not a breathalyzer...”