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Elon Musk Says Tesla/SpaceX “Will Make Ventilators if There is a Shortage”

After a fan of Elon Musk tweet-asked him to make ventilators, to deal with the looming shortage, Musk–who has been downplaying the severity of the COVID-19 crisis–sent the following reply:

Statistician Nate Silver followed up, and got the following response from Musk:

Followers then began listing hospitals in need (you can follow the thread here). At this point the thread is only hours old, but it will be interesting to see if Musk turns his resources onto the problem.