IMPORTANT: After you sign the petition you will be asked to make a donation to help promote the petition. Please note that donations received through this page do not go toward acquiring more ventilators. All money raised through this petition, and change.org on behalf of this petition, will be used by change.org to promote the petition on change.org.

Firstly, the 20,000 ventilators proposed for release are currently left unused, not in hospitals, and are sitting in government stockpile. New York needs ventilators as soon as the first week of April, and have agreed to redistribute to other hospitals as needed once they have reached stabilization. The projections show that their apex is quickly approaching and that the greatest need they have currently is for ventilators. Without these necessities, many will lose loved ones. Coronavirus (COVID-19) is taking a major toll and the toll will continue to rise without our cooperation and without federal aid. New York is being hit first, hard, and fast. What we do here will be a huge indicator of how the rest of the nation will be aided as their apexes are reached. It is our duty as members of the human race to help one another, and we need to help New York NOW. Support this petition and you not only support New York, but you support your own and your loved ones’ futures as well. There is NO value that we can put on a human life, and we need to prioritize resources. I urge that the federal government and Alex Azar release the stockpile of ventilators to New York for later circulation where needed. We need to act now. Please sign and share.