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@windwalker Hi Terri, I had no idea how a ventilator worked when I wrote that. I thought maybe it pumped air/oxygen into the lungs, like through the tube used with a nebulizer. I just read more about ventilators and they're far more complicated and more controlled than that. Personally, I don't want to be on a ventilator because of the sometimes permanent and very damaging side effects. From what I've read only a small percentage of people on ventilators with Covid-19 survive and there are have recently been questions by some doctors about whether ventilators help or harm for Covid-19. At this point, I'd rather just take my chances with IV vitamin C (started early), oxygen, and proning. See, e.g., https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/14/nyregion/new-york-coronavirus.html

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nannette | @nannette | Apr 16, 2020

@lorifilipek That was a very interesting. I had never heard of proning, but trust me, I have copied parts of that article and put them in a file in case I get this virus. Nan

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Sue, Volunteer Mentor | @sueinmn | Apr 17, 2020

@lorifilipek Very interesting - my daughter is in a Midwestern ER, and the docs there, by their protocol, have always resisted using vents as long as possible because of all the downside issues. She said they are taking the same approach with Covid-19, but because she is in ER, not ICU, doesn't know about the "proning."

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