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Re:WHO declares coronavirus outbreak a public health emergency by lopmotr on Friday January 31, 2020 @02:23AM (#22199793)
If you have that ventilator, can you still die? How? Can the "respiratory distress" get worse without limit?
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Re:WHO declares coronavirus outbreak a public health emergency by pfdietz on Friday January 31, 2020 @07:34AM (#22201102)
ECMO could be used in extreme cases, I imagine.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extracorporeal_membrane_oxygen...

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Re:WHO declares coronavirus outbreak a public health emergency by satanspastaroll on Friday January 31, 2020 @03:20AM (#22200001)
The lung's capacity to take oxygen from air decreases as the infection spreads
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