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A member asked:

If everyone with covid-19 could go on assisted breathing/a ventilator, if needed, would they all survive the disease?

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Dr. Theodore Davantzis answered

Specializes in Dentistry

No: People on ventilators are still dying, so your question really makes no sense.

Answered 4/23/2020

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Dr. Silviu Pasniciuc answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine

Unfortunately: Most patients with COVID that go in respiratory failure and end up needing mechanical ventilation do not survive.

Answered 6/8/2020

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