Govt asking Rolls Royce and other manufacturing industry to make ventilators.
"It was on only Friday that Sir Patrick Vallance, the chief scientific adviser, explained the mitigation plan to the BBC.
He said: "Our aim is to try and reduce the peak, broaden the peak, not suppress it completely.
"Also, because the vast majority of people get a mild illness, to build up some kind of herd immunity so more people are immune to this disease."
If mitigation worked it would have avoided the most draconian measures other countries have used and built up immunity, which would help limit the spread of coronavirus.
Mitigation involves some social distancing strategies, while suppression beefs up those measures, including possible restriction of movement and increased periods of isolation.
The modelling projected that if the UK did nothing, 81% of people would be infected and 510,000 would die from coronavirus by August.
The mitigation strategy is better, but would still result in about 250,000 deaths and completely overwhelm intensive care in the NHS."
I saw somewhere on my home page news that some one was using the computer to generate a bunch of the valves and seemed to be working.....found it
Italy 3D printers respirator valves to help coronavirus ...
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14 hours ago · Italy 3D printers respirator valves to help coronavirus patients. Hundreds of design engineers from across the world have offered to donate their 3D printing skills and equipment to help produce vital hospital supplies amid the evolving coronavirus pandemic.