“worldwide 86% of covid 19 patients that go on a vent die”

So all this effort and cost and overwhelming of the health system and we can only potentially help 14% of the .5% of cases (or whatever the actual intubation rate is). 99.93% of folks will not benefit from these measures.

It makes you wonder if China is actually doing the right thing by not testing people. They tell folks to just stay home and self quarantine. If they die, they die. They probably would have died anyway. But this way, they don’t expose so many other people, including all the healthcare workers.

Bottom line - despite all our advanced techniques and treatments, we don’t have much for this virus. We can’t prevent your lungs from failing. If they do fail, you are probably going to die. That is crushing for people taking care of these folks.