[1_Rain_Drop]

"It seems odd to me that POTUS would be pushing for a massive effort for ventilator production if they are not needed for cv19. And all evidence seems to indicate that they are not. Can anyone think of some other reason for a huge increase in the number of ventilators?"

I think he pushed it before he found out why and how they were being used (abused)

Another wild guess with holes in it:

Maybe the tunnel dwellers will have to be sedated while being removed from the tunnels. Then the ventilators will be used to get their bodies adjusted to above ground atmosphere?

They might have to adjust to daylight and air quality(?)

Remember when the boys were rescued from that cave, was it in Thailand? How were they treated when they were rescued?

[bigbob]

I don’t want to spoil anyone’s sci-fi fantasy, but a ventilator, aka “life support” is used to pump oxygen into the lungs when a person cannot breathe on their own. The process of intubation is described here:

https://www.verywellhealth.com/what-is-intubation-and-why-is-
it-done-3157102

A ventilator does nothing to cure any disease or condition, it only keeps the patient alive long enough for healing to take place. It is a very risky procedure that is only done as a last resort. The only reason Trump is having ventilators built beyond our needs is because even though our peak will have passed, other nations will need them and it is a great humanitarian thing to do. Most of the ventilators being used to sustain US covid patients will be returned to normal hospitals, clinics and ORs where many were borrowed from, and where they will be needed again.