This winter, as Covid-19 began to spread across the United States, a team of scientists, engineers, doctors, and students at the University of Vermont wondered if the pandemic might overwhelm the state’s hospitals—and, particularly, if there would be enough ventilators. So they set out to design and build a simple, inexpensive, emergency ventilator that could be used in Vermont—or anywhere else around the world. They’re succeeding.
by Joshua Brown
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V E R M O N T Q U A R T E R LY
JOSHUA BROWN