[Judith Anne]

I read somewhere on these threads that Tommy Thompson ordered 3000 new respirators/ventilators for distribution around the US "soon." Frankly, I wonder if that will be enough.

[MeneMeneTekelUpharsin]

I read somewhere on these threads that Tommy Thompson ordered 3000 new respirators/ventilators for distribution around the US "soon." Frankly, I wonder if that will be enough.

Difficult to tell. Asia needs hundreds more already, particularly in China. If it begins to spread here, the demand will be outrageous. As a nurse, you know that 10-12% of SARS patients require mechanical support to breath. In spite of the sorrow of this disease, wise individuals take lemons and make lemonaide. Or, like the Chinese character for crisis...must be formed by using the character for opportunity. Perhaps we understand each other better now.