On top of all this crap he's put on his scrub's and stethoscope and% is now over in the "COVID-19: The Science is NOT Settled" thread advising DocRocket on how to better save lives at his hospital...
Gotta give'um credit for never letting an opportunity pass to prove how much of a ultracrepidarian he is....
I’m not going to clutter up Doc’s thread, but the idiot, ElkSlayer91, cites a paper from 1993 stating it’s from 2015.
Originally Posted by ElkSlayer91
Of the people who go onto a ventilator, under any medical condition, only 50% survive to come off it. Only 30% of the total that are put on survive a year. There was a study in the medical industry from 2015 that created those statistics.
With the Covid-19, and it being a virus that “directly” attacks the lungs, that 50% that come off it above, could fall quite a bit. It could be extremely low, and they aren’t reporting those numbers. Wonder why.
Bottom line, if your lung capacity is low from the start, before you even get the virus, you’re in a bad situation right off the bat, because the virus will diminish your lung capacity by about 5 METS, so you’ll need an extra tank of gas (additional lung capacity above 5 METS) to be able to breath and supply oxygen to your body.
A normal person with zero health issues: No smoking, no COPD, diabetes, no severe over weight, etc. consumes the following METS:
1 - MET – sitting 2/3 - METS walking around, working 8 – METS working out on a stair stepper, fast walk sustained 30 minutes, or casual jog 10-12 min./mile for 2.5 – 3 miles.
So you see, if you start with 8 METS and the virus robs you of 5 METS, you’ll have 3 MET reserve capacity left to just lay in bed, and breath or get up and walk to eat, etc.
That is why it is critical for people to start doing a cardio work-out, however they can RIGHT NOW, to build up their lung capacity, so they’ll have a chance to fight it. It takes about 2 months normally, some faster. Just depends where you’re starting from capacity wise.
You can see, if you start off with a diminished capacity, you’re cooked right off the bat. A respirator can not make up that capacity.
Even if the elderly have leg joint issues, et al., they can give their lungs a workout just doing deep breathing, slow so they don’t hyperventilate, for an extended period, to build up.
The reason it isn’t killing kids, is the fact they have good lungs: run around all day. As people get older, they stop staying in shape (low lung capacity), thus the death rate climbs as the age goes up.
It’s a bad deal all around with the way it attacks the lungs.
The linked paper is from 1993 not 2015.
Originally Posted by 16penny
If you put Taco Bell sauce in your ramen noodles it tastes just like poverty
