https://www.statnews.com/2020/04/08/doctors-say-ventilators-overused-for-covid-19/
" In particular, more and more are concerned about the use of intubation and mechanical ventilators. They argue that more patients could receive simpler, noninvasive respiratory support, such as the breathing masks used in sleep apnea, at least to start with and maybe for the duration of the illness."