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Elon Musk says Tesla will make ventilators for hospitals if needed

Tesla CEO Elon Musk says the company will make ventilators for hospitals "if there is a shortage." 

The comment came as a reply to one Twitter user's suggestion for Tesla to repurpose its Fremont factory to make ventilators in the wake of the ongoing coronavirus outbreak. 

We will make ventilators if there is a shortage

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 19, 2020

The ventilators Musk is referring to are likely mechanical ventilators that are used in treating critical COVID-19. There's currently good indication that the U.S. doesn't have enough ventilators to cater to all infected persons. The Society of Critical Care Medicine estimates that 960,000 people may need to be put on ventilators, and the U.S. only has about 200,000 of them.  Read more...

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