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As I said at the time corona arrived in the US, hospitals would rather watch patients die than use unapproved ventilators in the US because of legal and insuran
by redis_mlc 6y ago
As I said at the time corona arrived in the US, hospitals would rather watch patients die than use unapproved ventilators in the US because of legal and insurance liability issues.
Even though the FDA granted an exception, I doubt if that changed the above.
In the end, DIY ventilators didn't matter because approved ventilators ended up killing 65% to 90% of patients that used them for corona, generated a bill of $1 million for 3 weeks per patient, and destroyed the lung tissue (and other organs) of most survivors.
The CDC had from SARS-1 (2003) to 2019 to do their job, and they didn't. It's a stunning failure on so many levels that I have to ask what that department does all day?