This is not surprising to me at all. Early on I wondered if the COVID death rate of those on ventilators might actually be in great part contributed by the ventilators. Especially from pneumonia and other infections. I did some research and found ventilators were certainly not meant to be a first line of treatment and were hardly benign. Yes they save lives but hold lots of risk. The risk benefit ratio was not (IMHO) honestly weighed when it came to COVID patients.
MOST of us knew this already, MANY nurses on the job were SCREAMING these facts YET they were ostracized, destroyed and shut down by social media AND the press!!!