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Now the U.S. has lots of ventilators — but too few specialists to operate them

(Erin Schaff | The New York Times) Staff prepare to turn Edwin Garcia prone to help him breathe in the COVID-19 medical Intensive Care Unit at Houston Methodist Hospital, in Houston on July 15, 2020. A burst of production solved the dire shortage of ventilators that defined the first wave of COVID-19 but the surplus may not be enough to prevent large numbers of deaths.

(Erin Schaff | The New York Times) Staff prepare to turn Edwin Garcia prone to help him breathe in the COVID-19 medical Intensive Care Unit at Houston Methodist Hospital, in Houston on July 15, 2020. A burst of production solved the dire shortage of ventilators that defined the first wave of COVID-19 but the surplus may not be enough to prevent large numbers of deaths.

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By Andrew Jacobs | The New York Times