Chloroquine and COVID-19

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Every person comes with a ventilator of its own. It is called the Lungs in plain English. The question is how many of the coronavirus infected people will need an external ventilator because their own ventilators do not work effectively. I do not know the answer myself. I do not know if anyone is collecting data.

You may not know, but statisticians and epidemologists have done the math and know the rough number needed. Trust the people who do this professionally

Never did I say I do not trust these professionals. Did I?

I just wanted to know the consensus estimate, the methodology used to arrive at the estimates, assumptions made, and hard data used. The first law of computer science:

Garbage In = Garbage out.

Do you drive a car? Do you understand everything about how a car is built to your satisfaction? That’s a specious argument. Where you are claiming to not be an expert so you cannot pass judgement (how many ventilators are needed) while at the same time suggesting people who are experts are wrong because you question the data they use and the conclusion they arrived at.

True, I am questioning experts because their estimates do not seem to pass “smell test”. It is OK to question experts. We all do all the time. But, I may be wrong and the expert view of estimate may be correct.

Added later: I try to avoid group think. Therefore, peer review and expert view do not matter a lot to me though I try to understand those views using my own understanding/knowledge of the situation…