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Re:Risky hack could double access to ventilators by russdill on Friday March 20, 2020 @01:50AM (#22635297)
Coronavirus destroys lung tissue and weakens the immune system. Then bacteria move in. It's the bacteria that cause the pneumonia. Different people will likely have different bacteria in their lungs.
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Re:Risky hack could double access to ventilators by MagnumOpus on Friday March 20, 2020 @05:55AM (#22636331)
That is incorrect for most cases. Viral pneumonia is by far the primary cause of lung obstruction in covid-19 patients, and just about all of them are on antibiotics from the start so bacterial pneumonia will have a hard time establishing itself.
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