Dr. Emily Porter explained how a shortage of necessary medical equipment could lead to a catastrophic loss of life.
Since the CDC estimates that nearly 80 percent of those who become infected with COVID-19 will be able recover without assistance from medical professional, and that 5 to 10 percent of those infected will need ventilators, Porter estimated that 7.5 million people, the low end of the CDC estimate, would need ventilators.
"So what that also means is doctors have to choose who that 1 in 50 is. Can you imagine if you have to say, 'Oh, I'm sorry, you have had cancer before, so therefore...you don't have a perfectly clean bill of health, so you're not worth saving.' Can you imagine saying, 'Oh, I'm sorry, you're 80, and I've got a 30-year-old who needs a ventilator.'"
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