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It’s a potential order based on them getting a prototype design approved, then they have to start the manufacturing, it is going to take more than 2 weeks. But note this is not what some people were calling for I.e the idea that a someone like a car manufacturer could almost immediately switch their production lines to making ventilators. In fact this is what was suggested by some people in this thread. Assuming they can produce an adequate model I wonder whether Dylan will be sharing their design with other engineering companies.... |
I suppose they will include the Dyson markup and be made entirely of plastic with some gaudy plastic structural features that serve no purpose at all.
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-52043767 Not too gaudy. From what I can make out from the picture it looks like a pressure cycled ventilator. Whether it is patient triggered or delivers mandatory ventilation is unclear. Not hugely sophisticated but if you have relatively inexperienced staff that is not a bad thing. ETA Government specification https://www.gov.uk/government/public...-specification |
Sounds like they're going to be made in the aircraft hangars at the Hullavington site Dyson recently bought, which is a couple of miles from me.
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How appropriate is it that the trade nickname for Dyson products is Die-soon!
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Having worked on developing medical products in the past the biggest delay will not be the engineering per se, but the huge amounts of verification and documentation that needs to be completed and signed-off before a product is allowed anywhere near a patient outside a controlled trial setting. This can take months, particularly if the product has software controlling vital functions.
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Having seen the number of Dyson vacuum cleaners my various friends have been through over the years (as opposed to the Panasonic upright one Mrs Don and I bought in 1993 and which is still doing sterling service), I'd have no qualms about bypassing approvals. :rolleyes: |
“The government should have given funding to existing ventilator manufacturers, and existing companies like us.”
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Onn BBC 'Newsnight' So the govt still acting like spivs, giving contracts to their donors who have never made any medical equipment and have no manufacturing in the UK rather than to existing manufacturers of ventilatorsl. |
UK govt says they can't release full figures for deaths without permission from families because of 'data protection rules'
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It was on BBC Newsnight, Department of Health says it's data protection laws stopping hospitals releasing the cause of death, they are only allowed to release total number of deaths at the hospital.
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If the figures could be used to show that an 80-85 year old woman died in Midsommer, and the population is small enough to identify the individual, then that could be a problem. |
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"Government moving mountains to allow Dyson to make ventilators" makes the government seem much more dynamic than "MEC Medical to scale up production" :rolleyes: |
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I heard on the radio that the government has distanced itself from Dyson over this, possibly because some (less politically active) manufactures of medical equipment have come forward to say that they have offered to increase production and had no response. A Downing St spokesman has stated that no orders will be placed until proof of concept models have been evaluated from a number of companies. The media of course is full of stories of how Dyson is supplying 10,000 ventilators, someone in marketing has earned themselves a big pay rise and a special place in Hell.
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which is completely believable and not at all an obvious lie |
And it appears that after the outcry over not joining the EU scheme the government is claiming the failure to join the EU scheme was the result of a mix up, apparently the officials didn't get the emails. Probably have all mail from the EU sent straight to their spam folder...
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Self employed will get paid based on average of income over a number of months based on previous tax returns.
If you haven't been self employed for a year and sent in a tax return you get nothing at all. Advice is tough **** sign up for Universal credit, it's 'too complicated' to do anything about it. |
Coronavirus-hit countries are asking Cuba for medical help. Why is the US opposed?
Cuba takes in British cruise ship MS Braemar:
Cuba will accept and assist travelers on British cruise ship MS Braemar (Granma, March 16, 2020) A safe port amidst adversity (Granma, March 18, 2020) Images of the historic moment Cuba mobilizes to save passengers and crew on the MS Braemar (+ Photos) (Granma, March 19, 2020) And sends medical teams to help fight the coronavirus in other countries, including Lombardy, Italy: #CubaSalva: The Revolution’s humanist practice (Granma, March 24, 2020) Cuba ha annunciato l’invio di una brigata medica in missione solidaria in Italia (Granma, March 20, 2020) “Humanitarian Solidarity”: Even Under U.S. Sanctions, Cuba Sends Doctor Brigade to Italy and More (DemocracyNow March 24, 2020) Coronavirus-hit countries are asking Cuba for medical help. Why is the US opposed? (CNN, March 26, 2020) Cuban Doctors - Medics head to Italy to help battle virus (Al Jazeera, March 22, 2020)
Cuban Health Care Workers Were Greeted with Applause in Italy (Now This, March 23, 2020)
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Our Gov't just extended our lockdown another month. We haven't heard if our current 4 pm to 4 AM curfew will stay in place. *sigh*... My work has been closed for 2 weeks and no end in sight. I'm stuck financially. Gov't says that electricity and intenet can't be cut off for failure to pay, but who knows. Our water is distributed by the municipality, so that should be OK... FML
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But then Dyson is a supporter of the Conservative Party, Brexit and the Bouffant Buffoon. :rolleyes: |
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Thankfully this bit of jingoistic, Brexiteer nonsense has been scrapped. |
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