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> “We are only reporting observations in this report,” said Karina Davidson, senior vice president for research at Northwell Health. “So we can’t say if mechani
by generalpass 6y ago
> “We are only reporting observations in this report,” said Karina Davidson, senior vice president for research at Northwell Health. “So we can’t say if mechanical ventilation had been withheld from these patients there would have been a different survival rate.”
- nl 6y agoI think this is an important point. I've seen others on HN claim this means ventilators are killing people. It's possible there are alternative protocols that can be used prior to ventilator use. It's also possible these alternative protocols could have increased the survival rate. But that's still different to ventilators killing the patient.