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Pandemic Mistakes
Part 3 of 10
One of the worst pandemic mistakes, IMO:
In the UK in April 2020, a nationwide directive to ration oxygen was issued.
Rationing oxygen, in the UK!
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#PandemicMistakes
Part 3 of 10
One of the worst pandemic mistakes, IMO:
In the UK in April 2020, a nationwide directive to ration oxygen was issued.
Rationing oxygen, in the UK!
🧵
#PandemicMistakes
A bit of background:
1. For the vast majority of Covid patients, the lower part of the lungs are unaffected. Most symptoms come from the infection in the upper airways, but don't affect our ability to absorb oxygen.
2. Severe Covid is defined as the requirement for oxygen...
1. For the vast majority of Covid patients, the lower part of the lungs are unaffected. Most symptoms come from the infection in the upper airways, but don't affect our ability to absorb oxygen.
2. Severe Covid is defined as the requirement for oxygen...
...this means the lower lungs are affected.
[Picture shows Severe Covid. Unique pattern in the very lower parts of the lungs. The red = inflamed. Blue = normal. Where it is red, the ability to transfer oxygen into the blood is reduced]
[Picture shows Severe Covid. Unique pattern in the very lower parts of the lungs. The red = inflamed. Blue = normal. Where it is red, the ability to transfer oxygen into the blood is reduced]
