A Covid-19 Patient in Ventilator — Picture : SPL

Covid-19 : Why Do The Ventilators May Fail to Support the Worst Cases?

Timo O. Korhonen
3 min readApr 10, 2020

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There have been a lot of discussions if the number of ventilators will be adequate in some areas, as in NYC, to support the increasing number of Covid-19 patients. However, it is only seldom addressed, that for the persons going to ventilators with incubation tube and heavy medication to suspend person’s own breathing, only about half or even less survive. In NYC, it is

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Timo O. Korhonen

Generalist and Professional Amateur Specialized in Arts and Sciences. Hobbies: Telecom Tech & Service, Usability Design, Consciousness, Philosophy