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In perhaps the most frustrating linguistic confusion of the pandemic (competing with "lockdown"): A respirator is a mask. A ventilator is a pump. Ventilators

In perhaps the most frustrating linguistic confusion of the pandemic (competing with "lockdown"): A respirator is a mask. A ventilator is a pump. Ventilators are far more dangerous than respirators.

easytiger 6y ago
Truly. Weirdly I did have ventilator and changed it
pkkm 6y ago
Language differences really don't make this easy. For example, in Polish "respirator" means ventilator and "wentylator" means fan (like the kind you'd put on your desk on hot days).