Ventilators aren't expensive because manufacturers are sitting around scheming how to buy more yachts. Those devices require a lot of testing, insurance and quality assurance. If someone dies because your device malfunctioned, you're going to get sued - and you should.
The last thing we want is for "the government" to go around seizing production capacity from companies that have successfully produced these units for decades. When you imagine "the government", don't imagine your ideal policitian in a cape - you should imagine the bloke down at the local tax office who keeps opening obvious malware emails.
Corporations are not your faceless enemy, they're the ones who've helped your hospitals become amazing in the last few decades.
The last thing we want is for "the government" to go around seizing production capacity from companies that have successfully produced these units for decades. When you imagine "the government", don't imagine your ideal policitian in a cape - you should imagine the bloke down at the local tax office who keeps opening obvious malware emails.
Corporations are not your faceless enemy, they're the ones who've helped your hospitals become amazing in the last few decades.