@chyna I don’t blame doctors. They did the best they could, and did what was the recommended care at the time. That is why we have standard of practice laws, because medical science does not always have all of the answers.
From what I understand doctors are now waiting longer to put some patients on ventilators. It wouldn’t be shocking that we can possibly treat patients better over time. Doctors are using steroids more now maybe also. Watching for clotting, maybe giving medication prophylactically to those at high risk for clotting? I also heard doctors say they know better now what settings work best on the ventilators.
I was just asking our resident doctor what his experience was and what he has heard. I wasn’t trying to blame anyone. If it is the case that we are better at treating it now there would be no shame in that. I keep telling the no-maskers that preventing the spread matters, because getting sick in a year might be more easily treated than today. Just like when people want to live long enough for a cure for their cancer, and just like getting HIV today is much different than catching it in1985.
If they find a magic medication tomorrow that was a 30 year old drug, but no one had thought of it until now, no one would be to blame.