COVID-19 and ventilators

[http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert (Robert)]

 > Chris wrote
 > The high point is if you go to the hospital and they try to put on a
 > ventilator then avoid it at all cost. Basically, putting you on a
 > ventilator is a death sentence. They consider everyone a coronavirus
 > patient even if you test negative for it. At least at this New York
 > hospital.

The problem with this is that it's not the ventilator that causes the
death, but rather that, if you are in such bad shape anyway, they put you
on a ventilator and you have a more likely chance of dying.  I.e., it's
not that A causes B, but rather that B causes A.

And, it's true that not all doctors can be trusted, but I would say a vast
majority of them can be.  Would you rather these people die at home
without ever seeing a doctor, not even knowing that they died of COVID-19
or some other cause?  (Certainly, that would save us all money, but I
wouldn't want to deny people medical care just to save a few bucks.
Medicare for All!)