9 (Kinda) Hilarious Lessons From My 99 Days on a COVID Ventilator

By artappraiser on Mon, 10/12/2020 - 4:05pm |

Cue Gloria Gaynor's "I Will Survive"?

She was 31: "Despite having no pre-existing conditions, I landed in the ICU on a ventilator before being airlifted to a second hospital for a 99-day catnap powered by modern medicine." https://t.co/DeE3972ZjC
— Garance Franke-Ruta (@thegarance) October 12, 2020

URL:

https://www.thedailybeast.com/9-kinda-hilarious-lessons-i-learned-from-99-days-on-a-covid-ventilator

1986 reads

Comments

A different but powerful personal narrative piece from WaPo's Voices of the Pandemic series

"What are we so afraid of?’ Tony Green, on dismissing, denying, contracting and spreading the coronavirus"

This passage a former coronavirus denier who once called it a hoax and a “scamdemic” is so rich.

As an epidemiologist, I’ve seen how people deny risk until faced with it—need to see it to believe it. Distrust / denial of public health is so sad. #COVID19 https://t.co/WyrajhrgVY pic.twitter.com/v6Wgi4SidM
— Eric Feigl-Ding (@DrEricDing) October 12, 2020

by artappraiser on Mon, 10/12/2020 - 4:14pm

A $52,112 Helicopter Ride: Coronavirus Patients Battle Surprise Medical Bills

Congress almost banned surprise medical bills last year.

The plan fell apart at the eleventh hour.

Now coronavirus patients are paying the price — in the form of $52,000 air ambulance bills.

New from me: https://t.co/ipKJNfpK0u
— Sarah Kliff (@sarahkliff) October 13, 2020

by artappraiser on Tue, 10/13/2020 - 11:05am

A 33-year-old firefighter killed by COVID. Those kids. So sad. https://t.co/6N6KgSvLFv
— Tom Matzzie (@tommatzzie) October 14, 2020

by artappraiser on Tue, 10/13/2020 - 8:41pm

9 (Kinda) Hilarious Lessons From My 99 Days on a COVID Ventilator

Comments

Sections

Bloggers