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88% is definitely not true. That paper retracted that claim.
by joshgel 6y ago
88% is definitely not true. That paper retracted that claim.
- screye 6y agoThanks a lot for correcting that. I was going off the stat NYC reported at the peak of the pandemic. Just checked and it is quite the stark difference. https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/05/15/856768020/new-evidence-suggests-covid-19-patients-on-ventilators-usually-survive https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/05/15/8567680... Quote from the article Old information: Early reports from China, the United Kingdom and Seattle found mortality rates as high as 90% among patients on ventilators. And more recently, a study of some New York hospitals seemed to show a mortality rate of 88%. New information: The mortality rate among 165 COVID-19 patients placed on a ventilator at Emory was just under *30%* . And unlike the New York study, only a few patients were still on a ventilator when the data were collected.
- jrib 6y agoFor others having a hard time reading those quotes on mobile: Old information: Early reports from China, the United Kingdom and Seattle found mortality rates as high as 90% among patients on ventilators. And more recently, a study of some New York hospitals seemed to show a mortality rate of 88%. New information: The mortality rate among 165 COVID-19 patients placed on a ventilator at Emory was just under 30% . And unlike the New York study, only a few patients were still on a ventilator when the data were collected.