COVID-19 Outbreak (Update: More than 2.9M cases and 132,313 deaths in US)

LuvNOLA said
WOW!!!! 11-20 days??? By that time aren't their lungs pretty well shot??? I thought the respiratory experts in this thread said that it is not healthy to be on a vent too long, because of the trauma to the lungs & then the residual effects later on???
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This is actually what some are saying leads to permanent lung damage after recovery if you have to go on a ventilator for a prolonged period of time. But I dont know that there's enough data in on that yet.