Elon Musk bought more than 1000 ventilators and delivered them to Los Angeles.

Elon Musk

Considering the current situation of the world, most abled people trying to help or to do something for society. Elon Musk is originally an outspoken skeptic of the severity of the coronavirus outbreak. He has donated more than 1,000 ventilators to officials in Los Angeles to meet the demand.

He said that he helped to acquire 1,255 ventilators from China last week and arranged them to be air-shipped to Los Angeles. And also he thanked Tesla staff and customs officials in China and Los Angeles for assisting him to do acquiring and transporting these machines.

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In a twitter reply, Musk said, ” Yup, China had an oversupply, so we bought 1255 FDA-approved ResMed, Philips & Medtronic ventilators on Friday night & air-shipped them to LA. If you want a free ventilator installed, please let us know.”

Yup, China had an oversupply, so we bought 1255 FDA-approved ResMed, Philips & Medtronic ventilators on Friday night & airshipped them to LA. If you want a free ventilator installed, please let us know! — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 24, 2020

California Governor Gavin Newsom said to reporters on Monday “Elon Musk, how about this? I told you a few days ago he was likely to have 1,000 ventilators this week,” furthermore he said in the briefing, ” 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 a heroic effort.”

Musk called the panic surrounding the outbreak “dumb” and also said the kids are “essentially immune” to the disease. But the evidence confirmed that it can be serious for some children. Also, according to the Bloomberg Billionaire Index, his fortune dropped from $45 billion to $27 billion after the coronavirus outbreak.

According to a report published by the Center for Health Security at Johns Hopkins estimated that the US has about 160,000 ventilators ready for use in hospitals. And also 8,900 machines stored in the national reserve. But according to one expert, As the virus continued to spread across the country, one million Americans will need the life-saving machines.

Because of the ventilator shortage, General Motors and Ford, both companies said that they’ll help to produce ventilators. And many other sectors of the US economy decided to help meet the surging demand for medical supplies.

According to Governor Gavin Newsom, Six Companies in California offered to manufacture gowns and he’s in discussion with another 25 providers that want to start 3D printing masks to give to health care workers.

According to Updated estimates, there will be a 50,000 hospital beds shortage as the pandemic spreads. The governor said, for the health care workers who will staff those additional beds. And also he said that he is looking to obtain 1 billion gloves and more than 500 million masks.

Everything is in vain if we don’t know how to stay safe in this pandemic. We should help each other while staying safe. Staying at home is also a great help for the community. Because that will prevent the virus from spreading person to person. So always try to avoid social gatherings.

How to stay safe?

CDC has recommended “social distancing” to prevent person to person spread of the coronavirus

Often use hand sanitizers, cleaning products, and face masks.

Properly clean your phone, home, and hands because coronavirus can live on some surfaces for up to three days.

Though very few children have been diagnosed with coronavirus some can develop severe infections. So talk to children about the situation and work with them to prevent coronavirus spreading.

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