Ron Johnson: “You want to avoid putting somebody on a ventilator because…”

“Right. And you know, as Pierre Corey talks about, I mean, that is the last step. And I mean, You want to avoid putting somebody on a ventilator because people don't get off them. It's just, it's so destructive. You put a person on a ventilator without the incredibly skilled respiratory therapists you need, you blow up their lungs, you kill them.” (30:31–30:36)

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