COVID-19 Check-in Thread Part II

[robkelk]

Roommate posted a message on Discord late last night. He says the experience was hellish, which makes me think he was mostly conscious while on the ventilator. That would have been less than pleasant, I can imagine. But he's certainly sounding less panicky in his subject matter, so hopefully his lungs are on the mend.

Good to hear.

(relaxes somewhat)

Speaking of which, though, anyone know what became of that open source ventilator design that used a couple of 3d printed parts and cheap off-the-shelf components for the rest? I suppose it's far too short a time frame to have gotten even through emergency testing and approval, but any news of progress?

Even if they pass, they wouldn't be good for use against anything except this particular virus. And people would still need to be trained how to use them. And health-care money is tight right now - buy 10 of these that can only be used for one thing now, or five of those that can be used for multiple things now and later?

EDIT: Oh, yes - still alive.