Covid 19 Ventilator Meme
In late march 2020 facebook users shared a misleading meme that suggested democrats in new york which had been hard hit by the covid 19 coronavirus disease pandemic were hiding ventilators in.
Covid 19 ventilator meme. Scott jensen r minn a physician in minnesota was interviewed by the ingraham angle host laura. Another viral meme flying around facebook in recent days insists that before it reaches the lungs covid 19 remains in the throat for four days and at this time the person begins to cough and. Bipap is short for bilevel positive airway pressure and is similar. A facebook meme states covid 19 has a 98 54 survival rate and characterizes it as positive vs.
The meme contained red text that said so hospitals get an extra 13 000 if they diagnose a death as covid 19 and an additional 39 000 if they use a ventilator and prompted readers to ask. Perfectly healthy not one. This is our friend kevin. Hospitals get paid more if patients are listed as covid 19 and on ventilators.
A bipap machine is a type of ventilator that some hospitals are using or considering using to help covid 19 patients breathe. Hospitals get paid more to list patients as. Hospitals get more to list patients as covid 19 and three times as much if the patient goes on ventilator the world net daily.