Sep 28, 2023
Tainted CPAP machines and ventilators went to children, the elderly and at least 700,000 veterans despite internal warnings. Company insider
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Tainted CPAP machines and ventilators went to children, the elderly and at least 700,000 veterans despite internal warnings. Company insider
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Today’s strip deals with a person’s wishes, in regards to life-sustaining treatment at end-of-life. The subject of whether or not you’d want to be intubated or fed by a machine was complex enough before this age of covid we’re suddenly living in, but now it seems to have gained an added dimension of relevance. Recently, I’ve heard several people tell me that they’d prefer not to be put on a ventilator if they were hospitalized with covid, and I think that they’re conflating that notion with the controversial topic of being kept alive by machines, during end-stage care.
An otherwise healthy person being able to breathe long enough for a treatment to work is vastly different than preventing a person from dying naturally, through agonizing intervention at the sunset of their life. Again, I feel like our aversion to talking about death—and all the processes and customs involved with it—makes it harder for us to make informed decisions until we and our families find ourselves overwhelmed, in the middle of a bad situation.
Sometimes I worry like my comic is becoming less relevant as young people are struggling just to preserve their livelihood. But strips like this one remind me that it might be more timely than ever.
Special thanks to MK Czerwiec for all the help and feedback on this strip. <3
What is a ventilator, and what companies are trying to make them?
Since the coronavirus pandemic has ravaged the U.S., lawmakers, business leaders, and health care workers have sounded the alarm about the detrimental shortage of necessary medical equipment to treat a skyrocketing number of patients.
The ventilator, a life-saving machine that helps patients breathe, needed for the most severe cases of the respiratory illness COVID-19, has been a central part of the conversation. At the outset of the outbreak, the U.S. had about 160,000 ventilators according to a 2018 analysis — plus an additional 12,700 in a national strategic stockpile. But the Society of Critical Care Medicine has projected that as many as 960,000 people could need emergency ventilation during a severe pandemic. Read more
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Cordless fellatio; Sir James Dyson sparks outrage during product unveiling
Cordless fellatio; Sir James Dyson sparks outrage during product unveiling #satire #spoofnews #Dyson
By Acton Murry
Sir James Dyson’s sanity has been called into question last night after having a Dyson cordless Hoover perform fellatio on him. Members of the press, board of directors and prominent officials watched on in shock and disgust as he staggered onto the stage.
“Well?!? You’ve heard the claims, haven’t you?!” Proclaimed Sir Dyson with mania in his eyes “Sucks like a Dyson?? NEVER…
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