Is Boris Johnson going to die?

[pologq]

wish him well

he is still conscious and just using oxygen. that is a positive than being ventilated.

[juicername]

Godspeed BORIS JOHNSON
Baby on the way. Hang on Boris.
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Ventilators Are No Panacea For Critically Ill COVID-19 Patients
HEALTH NEWS FROM NPR
Most coronavirus patients who end up on ventilators go on to die, according to several small studies from the U.S., China and Europe.

And many of the patients who continue to live can't be taken off the mechanical breathing machines.

"It's very concerning to see how many patients who require ventilation do not make it out of the hospital," says Dr. Tiffany Osborn, a critical care specialist at Washington University in St. Louis who has been caring for coronavirus patients at Barnes-Jewish Hospital.

That concern is echoed by Negin Hajizadeh, a pulmonary critical care doctor at the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell on Long Island, N.Y.

"We have had several patients between the hospitals across the Northwell system that have come off the breathing machine," Hajizadeh says. "But the vast majority are unable to."

The largest study so far to look at mortality among coronavirus patients on ventilators was done by the Intensive Care National Audit & Research Centre in London. It found that among 98 ventilated patients in the U.K., just 33 were discharged alive.

The numbers from a study of Wuhan, China, are even grimmer. Only 3 of 22 ventilated patients survived.

And a study of 18 ventilated patients in Washington state found that nine were still alive when the study ended, but only six had recovered enough to breathe on their own.

All the early research suggests that once coronavirus patients are placed on a ventilator, they will probably need to stay on it for weeks. And the longer patients remain on a breathing machine, the more likely they are to die.

"We're not sure how much help ventilators are going to be," Osborn says. "They may help keep somebody alive in the short term. We're not sure if it's going to help keep someone alive in the long term."

Patients need a ventilator when their lungs can no longer deliver enough oxygen to keep the body going. And it's an extreme measure, Osborn says.

"We give sedation so the person goes to sleep. Then we provide a paralytic that stops their breathing," she says.

Next, a long plastic tube is inserted through the trachea and vocal cords. That allows a machine to deliver small puffs of highly oxygenated air to the lungs.

Unfortunately, Osborn says, "the ventilator itself can do damage to the lung tissue based on how much pressure is required to help oxygen get processed by the lungs."

And coronavirus patients often need dangerously high levels of both pressure and oxygen because their lungs have so much inflammation.

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Another risk from being on a ventilator is that the tube carrying air and extra oxygen to the lungs provides a pathway for dangerous germs. Many ventilated patients get a new lung infection, a problem known as ventilator-associated pneumonia.
Ventilators have been seen as critical to treating coronavirus patients because the devices are very successful when used to treat common forms of pneumonia, says Hajizadeh.

So the possible shortage of ventilators is not really an issue. If you reach the stage where you need one you're pretty much gone anyway.

[Auto Donk]

China killed a world leader. That’s an act of war but I doubt anything will happen even with taking manufacturing out of China or anything.

well, we've had two "world wars" that were started over a lot less than what we have on our hands here....

I say we find a way to take the losses out of the debt our nation owes china, and when that still doesn't make us whole, demand more. meanwhile, they'll go off on us for stiffing them, and then a lot will depend on how the world market, which might have majority of nations in the same boat as us, reacts to what we do, particularly with respect to how our currency holds up on the international market....

the chinese would probably dump our treasuries and pound our credit rating, possibly bankrupting our nation..... economic warfare, for sure. Might as well make it military, as well....

[pimike]

wish him well

he is still conscious and just using oxygen. that is a positive than being ventilated.

Exactly!!!


Man some people are willing to mudsling and have no sympathy all in the name of “Politics”

If You think about this, that is sad. Our country has to change this thinking. Lives are way more important than politics. WE ALL have done stupid things! It’s time to put your politics aside here.

Respectfully!

Pimike

[SBR_Guest_Pro]

oh no. UK will start a war with China over this

[themike78]

Idiot bragged about shaking hands with coronavirus patients. I don't mind if he dies. Might be a wake-up call to some and ultimately save more lives in the long run.

If only Trump would get it.

Sick lib fuks wishing death on people because they have a different political view. This is exactly what's wrong with you people.

[DwightShrute]

Sick lib fuks wishing death on people because they have a different political view. This is exactly what's wrong with you people.

[Itsamazing777]

Someday, yes.

[DwightShrute]

The Rona won't claim Metric Trump!




Boris Johnson Is Out Of Intensive Care

[paulll]

Boris Johnson’s hospitalization has brought Dominic Raab to the fore quicker than anyone expected