Thu. 04/23 - Are Ventilators Actually Helping?

We’ve focused a lot on ventilators on this podcast because they seem to be the prime medical intervention we have at the moment. But there's more troubling data about how effective ventilators are to affect Covid outcomes at all. A new blood-clotting complication is worrying. Another look at New Zealand, where they’re so successful against the disease, their goal now is to “eradicate” it. And a snapshot at the realities of testing through the lens of one small Texas town.

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Reopening without testing (Dr. Ashish Jah, Twitter) Gathering of the Juggalos postponed (ICP, Twitter) Blood-clotting complication is killing coronavirus patients, doctors say (Washington Post) New Zealand's COVID-19 'eradication' strategy looks to be paying off (CBC News) Despite scattered protests, most Americans support shelter-in-place, Reuters/Ipsos poll shows (Reuters) CDC director warns second wave of coronavirus is likely to be even more devastating (Washington Post) Is Donley County really the hardest hit in Texas by coronavirus? (Texas Tribune)

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