[Zenbit_UX]

Such a foolish statement, you clearly don't understand the number of lives lost due to ventilator shortages right now or you'd delete your comment in embarrassment. Doctors should be using absolutely any method available to them to maximize lives saved. You don't need to "have worked with the medical industry" to understand this perspective.

[thu2111]

How many lives have been lost due to turning up at a hospital and not being able to find a ventilator so far? Do you have a precise stat?

As of about 48 hours ago Lombardy's hospitals were not turning anyone away:

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/19/italys-death-rate-reaches-re...

Medical facilities in Lombardy will “soon” be unable to help new coronavirus cases, regional Gov. Attilio Fontana said Wednesday, as he urged everyone to stay at home.