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California Ramps Up Output of Ventilators as COVID Cases Grow

Bloom Energy CEO KR Sridhar said his company had to quickly learn the inner workings of ventilators, a machine they hadn’t made before.

Unused sleep apnea machines are converted into ventilators.

The air filters would go into businesses, nonprofits and county buildings to help prevent the transmission of Covid-19 particles.

The $1.9 trillion bill includes monthly payments for families with children and $1,400 checks for millions of Americans.

In the worst-hit counties, hospitals are sending critically ill patients elsewhere. Others are keeping ICU patients in crowded ER wards.

The model anticipates the South Bay seeing at least a 20 percent surge in Covid-19 cases by the first week of December.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom said he was “pulling the emergency brake” by placing most of the state back into the purple tier.

If the state puts Santa Clara County on the watch list, then gyms, hair salons and other indoor operations would have to close.

Starting Aug. 3, Guardino will be part of the green energy company in the newly created role of VP of government affairs and policy.

Some critics are calling for specific changes in the plan, especially tighter rules for oversight of finances and safety upgrades.

Businesses, entrepreneurs and innovators in the tech sector seem to be driven as much by the need to contribute as by future profit.

Forecasting models need to be fed reliable info, which is in short supply without widespread testing for the virus that causes Covid-19.

County Supervisor Mike Wasserman emphasized that the order is about “protecting the people who protect us.”

Engineers from Maker Nexus—a 3D printing company in Sunnyvale—channel their ingenuity to address a shortfall of protective equipment.

The county’s chief health officer talks about what would have happened had she not issued the nation’s first sweeping stay-at-home order.

No new deaths were reported, so the local death toll remains at 39. Meanwhile, the county reports that nearly 11,000 people have been tested.