Read this article about LTC residents on ventilators from the McKnights Long Term Care News website.

Here is a little snippet from the article:

Being on a ventilator appears to protect nursing home residents from COVID-19, researchers say.

In an unusual pre-vaccine study across three nursing homes, no COVID-19-related case clusters or deaths could be found among residents who were regularly on ventilators.

The study included 93 chronically ventilated and about 1,100 non-ventilated residents in three Long Island, NY, nursing homes. Investigators examined mortality rates, respiratory illness, and COVID-19 PCR test results among residents and staff during COVID-19 outbreaks as of mid-March 2020.