Claim: Ventilators can be lifesaving for critically ill COVID-19 patients. A social media claim that a new study shows ventilators killed "nearly all" COVID-19 patients is "quite wrong," according to the study's co-author. Ventilator-associated complications can contribute to deaths, but patients are typically put on ventilators when they would otherwise die.
Fact-check: Ventilators Save Lives, Did Not Cause 'Nearly All' COVID-19 Deaths - FactCheck.org
Verdict: ventilators can be lifesaving for critically ill covid-19 patients. a social media claim that a new study shows ventilators killed "nearly all" covid-19 patients is "quite wrong," according to the study's co-author. ventilator-associated complications can contribute to deaths, but patients are typically put on ventilators when they would otherwise die.
Organisation: FactCheck.org
Author: Kate Yandell
Date published: 2023-06-01T22:41:01