Ventilators Sold as Scrap Metal During COVID

Ventilators and brand new parts, purchased during the COVID-19 pandemic, were sold as “scrap metal” to “further understand” the recycling business, a government department said in a document obtained through an Access to Information request. There was “one negotiated sale of four (4) ventilator samples (with conditions)” to recycling organizations in an effort to engage the industry and to “further understand constraints and considerations of recycling,” stated the document obtained by Blacklock’s Reporter and reviewed by The Epoch Times. The ventilators were sold for $21.39 apiece. Since January 2022, sales of ventilators and related parts took place, with some devices selling for as little as $6 apiece, records show....