Forgive me if this is a cold question; I genuinely want to understand the answer. Isn't a 90% death rate of coronavirus patients on ventilators somewhat in tension with the message that we have to do everything in our power to flatten the curve so we don't run out of ventilators?
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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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people in countries without containment strategies are flailing. also i suppose for those twns of thousand patients that do survive after being put on a ventilator it makes a difference?
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