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It's not like we're going around incubating healthy people -- you have to be pretty sick to get put on a ventilator. Even if the treatment turns out to be a net
by james-mcelwain 6y ago
It's not like we're going around incubating healthy people -- you have to be pretty sick to get put on a ventilator. Even if the treatment turns out to be a net negative, most of these patients didn't have very good odds in the first place, so it's pretty unlikely it would affect the death rates "drastically."
- jonkho 6y agoSources? I would disagree, reports show that by not intubating, outcomes are dramatically improved. [1][2] [1] https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-04-22/almost-9-in-10-covid-19-patients-on-ventilators-died-in-study https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-04-22/almost-9-... [2] https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-ventilators-specia/as-virus-advances-doctors-rethink-rush-to-ventilate-idUSKCN2251PE https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-ventil...
- james-mcelwain 6y agoI'm taking issue with the use of the word "dramatically" not the claim that it could improve patient outcomes.
- jonkho 6y agoSounds like mincing words. Still you have not provided sources to support your assumptions whatsoever.