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I wonder why this isn't mentioned anywhere? If she is worried about not having parts for the iron lung, it's more about her preference to use it than whether sh
by skrbjc 5y ago
I wonder why this isn't mentioned anywhere? If she is worried about not having parts for the iron lung, it's more about her preference to use it than whether she can live or not, it would seem.
- MattGaiser 5y agoJournalists diagnosing someone and proposing new treatments seems a bit outside their skillset.
- rootusrootus 5y agoOTOH, it would be great if the journalist could take her experience and bounce it off an expert and report what they said. Otherwise it's just a biography.
- morelisp 5y ago> Otherwise it's just a biography. The article is a sample of the PRX show "Radio Diaries". It's supposed to be a biography.
- masklinn 5y agoThe article quotes: > "I've tried all the forms of ventilation, and the iron lung is the most efficient and the best and the most comfortable way," she told Radio Diaries. At no point does it say that she can not use any alternative.
- skrbjc 5y agoWhoops, sorry I must have missed that, thanks for pointing it out.