Two weeks on the ventilator vs. three days. More than triple the deaths. New numbers from one Boston hospital offer insights into just how much worse severe COVID-19 is than the flu. commonhealth
that COVID-19 could turn out to be no deadlier than a bad flu season. That seems like a very long time ago.from Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center offers some numbers that suggest exactly how much worse.
The number of COVID-19 patients who needed to be on ventilators in the two-month period was more than double the number of flu patients over five seasons — 174, compared to 84 flu patients. Also of concern: The study found that 25% of COVID-19 patients who needed to be on life support had no major pre-existing conditions, compared to just 4% of flu patients on life support.
Mass. General critical care specialist Dr. Walter O’Donnell says the pattern there was similar: COVID-19 is"more likely than flu to lead to ICU admission and need for a ventilator, more likely to afflict those without underlying medical conditions, much longer time on the ventilator, higher risk of death."
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