free medical ventilator
Retired Respiratory Therapist John Strupat in Ontario (Canada) designed a $500 ventilator to try and alleviate the critical shortage of ventilators during local hospitals' struggle with COVID-19. John tried to get the Canadian and American governments involved, but two weeks have passed, and he hasn't heard back from them.
John posted his design here:
https://open-source-covid-19-ventilator-canada.mn.co/
Here's an article about John and his ventilator:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/london/pandemic-ventilator-design-covid19-1.5511412
Incredible. It's such a shame that Canada and the US aren't taking it seriously. Especially given that notice on what the FDA had said on his website.
Obviously, the (capitalist) governments don't like free/libre things, because they are unprofitable, even at the cost of their people's (workers') lives.
The only thing that capitalists and their governments cherish is money.