I won't argue with you on the nature of the disease because I simply don't know enough about it, but that's sort of irrelevant to my point. My point isn't that

I won't argue with you on the nature of the disease because I simply don't know enough about it, but that's sort of irrelevant to my point. My point isn't that people should never be put on ventilators. My point is that the decision to ventilate or not isn't just based on whether it increases the chances of survival. You need to also look at the suffering it causes. It may be that, as you're claiming, it doesn't cause more suffering, so in that case it makes sense to give it a try. I'm more inclined to think that that question needs to be asked on a case by case basis, however.