Where are Dyson's ventilators? (HEALTH WARNING: BR14 TRIGGER)

[sasguru]

Just asking like....

Billionaire Dyson’s 10,000 Ventilators Risk Missing Coronavirus ‘Peak Week’ In U.K. Hospitals

[DimPrawn]

Just asking like....

Billionaire Dyson’s 10,000 Ventilators Risk Missing Coronavirus ‘Peak Week’ In U.K. Hospitals

If they are as reliable as his overpriced vacuum cleaners, then they will kill more people than they would have saved.

[sasguru]

If they are as reliable as his overpriced vacuum cleaners, then they will kill more people than they would have saved.

Indeed my feeling exactly. People in the UK might have had a lucky escape there ....

[Old Greg]

If they are as reliable as his overpriced vacuum cleaners, then they will kill more people than they would have saved.

Give people a choice of ventilator and use it as a Darwinian tool to weed out idiots.

[CheeseSlice]

Its his go to market strategy... Wait for the industry pioneers to make their mistakes and fail, then catch the second wave and hoover up the business.

[AtW]

Demand on ventilators is lower than expected - because people die quick

Testing is the new ventilators now

[LondonManc]

Just asking like....

Billionaire Dyson’s 10,000 Ventilators Risk Missing Coronavirus ‘Peak Week’ In U.K. Hospitals

You've picked an article from 8 days ago?

More recent news suggests they're waiting regulatory approval:

Dyson provides update on ventilator project | West Country - ITV News

[sasguru]

You've picked an article from 8 days ago?

More recent news suggests they're waiting regulatory approval:

Dyson provides update on ventilator project | West Country - ITV News

The point is by the time they're approved the peak will have passed.
A second point is why the government ordered ventilators that need to go through the approval process in a dire time-critical emergency, rather than ramping up existing designs*

*Well they had to pay a few million to him for Brexit support innit.

[HoofHearted]

Its his go to market strategy... Wait for the industry pioneers to make their mistakes and fail, then catch the second wave and Dyson up the business.

FTFY

[DoctorStrangelove]

The point is by the time they're approved the peak will have passed.
A second point is why the government ordered ventilators that need to go through the approval process in a dire time-critical emergency, rather than ramping up existing designs*

*Well they had to pay a few million to him for Brexit support innit.

Yes it is odd, innit.

Almost as if we're ruled by s