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Originally Posted by DRM08
I worry about what happens with our ventilator supply. There will be a ton of collateral damage in our health care system if we are not able to slow down this virus.
Many people need ventilator help for reasons unrelated to COVID-19. My dad needed ventilator help for about 48 hours a number of years ago. He made an amazing recovery, but the ventilator was very important for his survival in early hours of being in the hospital. His pulse was very low and he was losing a lot of blood, on his way to death. The ventilator played a critical role in helping him recover.
The situation with my dad is just one of so many examples out there that are happening every day in our health care system. We cannot afford to let COVID-19 become so widespread that it causes a bunch of collateral damage fatalities in the health care system due to a shortage of ventilators.
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The hope is you can “flatten the curve” enough that you don’t use up all your supply. The downside that isn’t discussed much is that you are going to see a lot of non-Covid deaths occur because the system is taxed for a longer period of time.
Thanks for sharing your story about your father and glad to hear he pulled through.