And Texas Caves In
The last bastion of sanity has jumped on the "stay at home" bandwagon. They just sent me an email that they have closed all state parks to save the 1% who may die from the dreaded super virus. Texas...
Forum Discussion
JimK-NY wrote:Some of the latest research is indicating that ventilators may actually be having a negative effect on the death rate. Ventilators create positive pressure within the lungs and may be causing further damage to the lungs that are already weakened by the patient's immune response to the COVID virus. Governor Cuomo of New York recently said that less than 20% of patients who go on respirators successfully recover. Some research has indicated that severe COVID patients respond better to standard oxygen treatments while lying in face down instead of being placed on a ventilator.bid_time wrote:
...There is only a debate if you think 10's of millions will need a ventilator. There are no current reliable estimates to support that theory.
The data here in NY State is pretty clear. Sure no one knows how many have been infected but the percentage of the NY population is low and tens of thousands have needed intensive care. Italy and Spain also show what happens without enough access to intensive care and ventilators. The death rate goes way up.
In NY we also know what happens when a substantial portion of hospital beds are being taken up by Covid patients. Costs of care go way, way up and resources are not available to handle other care.
