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It's very sad what's happening. I watched a Spanish doctor on youtube yesterday. They're having to decide who gets a respirator. At least in one hospital, patients over 65 have had their ventilator taken away. They let them talk to their family by phone to say their goodbyes, then they sedate them. It wasn't clear if they die from the sedatives or from the symptoms of the disease.
In Italy the age was even lower - 60.
I watched an interview on TV with an American doctor who explained what happens if you don't have a respirator. He said it's like being on a treadmill that's inclined to the steepest level and trying to run. He said after a while your heart would be working so hard to keep up you would have a heart attack. So I hope those poor people are dying from the sedatives without having to go thru a heart attack.
In Italy the age was even lower - 60.
I watched an interview on TV with an American doctor who explained what happens if you don't have a respirator. He said it's like being on a treadmill that's inclined to the steepest level and trying to run. He said after a while your heart would be working so hard to keep up you would have a heart attack. So I hope those poor people are dying from the sedatives without having to go thru a heart attack.