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If a doctor believes it is 99% likely that a patient will die without a ventilator and none are available, then why wouldn't they try something like the one fro
by djoldman 7y ago
If a doctor believes it is 99% likely that a patient will die without a ventilator and none are available, then why wouldn't they try something like the one from Tesla?
A choice between almost certain death and possible life isn't really a choice.
- mcguire 7y agoWelcome to Pascal's Wager.
- gamblor956 7y agoFor starters, if they had to make that choice they'd just use one of the many CPAP or BiPAP machines already available in the hospitals. Even though this would render the machine single-patient only (since they generally can't be sanitized to acceptable levels for re-use without being partially dissembled) we don't have a shortage of those devices.