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17. WOW !! I thought the respirator was used to TREAT oxygen the lack of oxygen. I never questioned it

Mon Apr 13, 2020, 08:01 PM

Apr 2020

... and thought about why respirator were used on people who could breath already.

That's why the UK PM was put on oxygen ... jus damn

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NY physician with a potentially very important message about Covid-19 and lungs [View all] jeffreyi Apr 2020 OP

could you move the link so we can see it Skittles Apr 2020 #1

I'm not sure how to do that, jeffreyi Apr 2020 #4

He was interviewed and that was posted on Medscape last week janterry Apr 2020 #2

Lots of discussion in the current medscape janterry Apr 2020 #15

The patients do have pneumonia per the X-rays. LisaL Apr 2020 #5

Might this work. Everything old, becomes new again, so safeinOhio Apr 2020 #6

that sure would seem to be a lot less uncomfortable gristy Apr 2020 #7

Of course producing new iron lung would be difficult, but safeinOhio Apr 2020 #12

They make pvc pipe in diameters up to 60" gristy Apr 2020 #14

Why is there no easy copy link for this video? Baitball Blogger Apr 2020 #10

He's talking about Decompression Sickness. Baitball Blogger Apr 2020 #11

In airplanes, it's the oxygen mask safeinOhio Apr 2020 #13

Shared this video with my kids OhioChick Apr 2020 #16

Message auto-removed Name removed Aug 2020 #18