I’ve followed this story for months, and now it appears to have come to a tragic end. Broadway star Nick Cordero, aged 41, has died. He was first diagnosed with pneumonia, but immediately put into a medically-induced coma and a ventilator once he tested positive for COVID-19. After over a month on the ventilator he developed holes in his lungs, and repeated lung infections, a side effect of ventilator use. This story is so tragic because his ordeal probably did not have to happen. Holes in the lungs is a result of ventilator use, as are myriad infections. If financial incentives came into play in the decision to place him on a ventilator, then someone needs to go to prison. So do the idiots who incentivized hospitals to use ventilators on COVID-positive patients. Cordero was young, and left behind a young wife and baby.
The politicized and opportunistic reaction to COVID-19 ranks among the greatest crimes in history. The entire world went stark raving mad, and governments seized upon this unique historical moment to rob their respective populations of their wealth and their liberty. Civilization will probably never recover from what has happened.
