I have lots of new subscribers to catch up on my work and lots of long-term readers who might appreciate a chance to read something they may have missed!
"....people on the ground have reported that the only reason for the ventilation craze was the fear that other methods of getting people oxygen would spread Covid. So it all comes back to the disease panic that drove the intubation craze to begin with. “Doctors could have employed other kinds of breathing support devices that don’t require risky sedation,” reported the WSJ, “but early reports suggested patients using them could spray dangerous amounts of virus into the air.”
Amazing: it wasn’t about saving the patient’s life but rather about the wild obsession with, once again, stopping the spread even if it meant killing the infected."
New must read about ventilators: https://brownstone.org/articles/the-story-of-jared-kushner-and-his-ventilators/
"....people on the ground have reported that the only reason for the ventilation craze was the fear that other methods of getting people oxygen would spread Covid. So it all comes back to the disease panic that drove the intubation craze to begin with. “Doctors could have employed other kinds of breathing support devices that don’t require risky sedation,” reported the WSJ, “but early reports suggested patients using them could spray dangerous amounts of virus into the air.”
Amazing: it wasn’t about saving the patient’s life but rather about the wild obsession with, once again, stopping the spread even if it meant killing the infected."
Thanks, Kev. I just bookmarked the link for future use!