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What can be done immediately to lower the mortality rate of covid-19?

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Uncertain: However, Oxygen Escalation Therapy may be quite beneficial to people with low oxygen levels.

Answered 5/11/2020

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A member asked:

What can be done immediately to lower the mortality rate of covid-19?

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Dr. Heidi Fowler answered

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