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In 2015, the state could have purchased the additional 16,000 needed ventilators for $36,000 apiece, or a total of $576 million. It’s a lot of money, but in hindsight, spending half a percent of the budget to prepare for pandemic was the right thing to do.
https://nypost.com/2020/03/19/we-di...rtage-leaders-chose-not-to-prep-for-pandemic/
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But story still stands
