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To: Brumar89 who wrote (1214574)	3/29/2020 5:30:40 PM
From: Winfastorlose	3 Recommendations Recommended By BuffaloKing FJB locogringo Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1576742

Hey Dummy: This makes zero sense. Even an AOC voter can figure out that Andrew Cuomo lied about ventilators to score political points. Watch Cuomo explain how he has thousands of stockpile ventilators that he's won't use after he blamed Trump for not helping him. pic.twitter.com/kIXx2aeWlZ — Rising serpent (@rising_serpent) March 28, 2020 Last week’s Andrew Cuomo: “Trump is a vicious human being responsible for the deaths of New Yorkers because he won’t give me 30,000 ventilators.” Yesterday’s Andrew Cuomo: We have thousands of stockpiled ventilators. We are not using them because the hospitals don’t need them.”

To: Brumar89 who wrote (1214574)	3/29/2020 5:41:34 PM
From: Winfastorlose	1 Recommendation Recommended By FJB Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1576742

And to make matters even better: American Ingenuity. prismahealth.org Prisma Health introduces VESper™ VESper™ is a new device that allows one ventilator to support up to four patients under emergency use authorization by the FDA. What is VESper™?VESper™ is a unique ventilator expansion device that allows a single ventilator to support up to four patients during times of acute equipment shortages such as the current COVID-19 pandemic. Produced using 3D printing technology, the device is developed with material already in use for medical devices and produced at minimal cost. The device: designed to work with ISO standard respiratory connections;can be easily produced;allows for appropriate filtering of bacteria and viruses in the ventilator tubing;is strong and impact resistant; anddoes not impact the care of other patients connected to the same machine. Is it FDA approved? Prisma Health has received emergency use authorization from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for VESper™. Emergency use?authorization can offer?critical care?patients?access to?a?medical device that has not gone through normal FDA?approval; this is used when no comparable or satisfactory alternative?options are available. Prisma Health experts are working with national COVID-19 teams who have no more ventilator capacity and who can initiate emergency use of the prototype. We will be working closely with these teams during their field testing to monitor clinical outcomes. Those field tests will determine whether the device performs as designed, per FDA guidelines. Inventors and Contributors Inventors:Ryan Farris, BSME, Software Engineer– developed the initial device design and coordinated a team of volunteer engineers to create and further refine prototypes. Sarah Farris, MD, Assistant Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine, Prisma Health, and Assistant Medical Director, Greenville HealthCare Simulation Center – described the need for a ventilator splitter and assisted with initial design logistics from a clinician standpoint. Antine Stenbit, MD, PHD, Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care, Prisma Health –contributed as a content expert and trialed prototypes on ventilators and provided recommendations for improvement.