America was able to retool factories to build weapons, b29's, and tanks in World War II, why aren't we able to provide for medical workers?

[soulcougher73]

What factories? Mexico can do it for us i suppose...

 

[you2]

I have. It was messy political back then - but once things were under way the political action was decisive. Here we still have a govt that can't decide upon a correct coarse of action. A huge problem is the person making the decisions doesn't 'trust' experts and does 'trust' uninformed commentators opinions.

If you are going to use that as an example you may want to read up on the warning signs before pearl harbor happened where they were warned as early as January almost a full year earlier to understand they had a major failure also and what lead up to that attack that help bring it about.

 

[ponyo]

You realize all Musk did was divert supplies from China to Cali, right, and neither he nor his company made any of that, right?

Correct. But Musk still did something. And did it very fast using his Tesla Shanghai contacts and resources. He purchased, airlifted, and expedited it through the Chinese export custom and US custom red tape and got it to California and Washington hospitals. So downplaying it and saying all he did was divert supplies from China to Cali is not fully giving Elon credit for his ability to source, cut through the red tape in China, and deliver it halfway around the world in matter of days.

Just like the now Bloomberg disgusting edit of the original article to paint Musk's action in very negative and unfavorable light. Bloomberg changed the title of the article from:

California Governor Says Elon Musk Delivered 1,000 Ventilators

to now: Virus Skeptic Musk Donates Ventilators in California Crisis.



And Bloomberg edited the wording and content of the article to sway their reader to think very negative of Elon Musk. This is why the mainstream media is so very dangerous, and I've pretty much lost all respect for all news publications when it comes to Elon Musk and Tesla reporting.

Here's Bloomberg's original article last night before the edit with the original title.

California Governor Says Elon Musk Delivered 1,000 Ventilators

(Bloomberg) -- Elon Musk, the billionaire chief executive officer of Tesla Inc. and SpaceX, delivered 1,000 ventilators to officials in Los Angeles to meet demand as the coronavirus pandemic becomes more severe, California Governor Gavin Newsom said.

“Elon Musk: how about this? I told you a few days ago he was likely to have 1,000 ventilators this week,” Newsom told reporters in a briefing Monday. “They arrived in Los Angeles and Elon Musk is already working with the hospital association and others to get those ventilators out in real time. It’s an heroic effort.”

Newsom also said six California companies have offered their facilities to manufacture gowns and he’s in conversation with another 25 providers that want to start 3D printing masks for health-care workers.

Updated models predict the state is currently 50,000 hospital beds short to meet needs as the pandemic spreads, the governor said. For the health-care workers who will staff those additional beds, Newsom said the state is looking to procure 1 billion gloves and more than 500 million masks.

“That’s not a typo,” Newsom said.

Related: Musk Talks Ventilators With Medtronic as It Doubles Production

For more articles like this, please visit us at bloomberg.com

 

[Mr.IncrediblyBored]

Just like the now Bloomberg disgusting edit of the original article to paint Musk's action in very negative and unfavorable light. Bloomberg changed the title of the article from:

In case you weren't aware, news sites nowadays use multiple article titles to drive clicks. That's not unique to Bloomberg. It's just an annoying side effect of ad revenue driven news.