Is the issue here ventilator availability for other, more survivable conditions?
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Rather than answer this a dozen times, I'll put it in the thread. The mortality statistic is from this paper. "Mortality for those requiring mechanical ventilation was 88.1%" (in a NYC hospital system) https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2765184 …
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Also worth pointing out that the mortality data for those on a ventilator seems to vary a lot across health care systemshttps://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/1253172475019448321 …
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Follow up: excellent thread here explaining why the 88% mortality figure for ventilators is misleading (it leaves out 3/4 of the study participants)https://twitter.com/DrJohnScott/status/1253284905414426624 …
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I think there’s a lot more to medical capacity than just ventilators, but it’s a pretty concerning data point
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Good question - where is that stat from?
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This paper. "Mortality for those requiring mechanical ventilation was 88.1%." https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2765184 …
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I think it's political optics > total system care potentially? Also curious to hear answers on this! My understanding is that we're really worried about peak healthcare capacity not so much peak ventilators, but imho it became a fixation because of the imagery involved.
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Yes, healthcare capacity is about more than ventilators. Infectious units, general beds, staff, even tylenol. We've already far surpassed capacity in terms of PPE. We're already at disaster levels in terms of medical staff being infected and/or patients dying in pain.
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