News A bridge between life and death: Most COVID-19 patients put on ventilators will not survive April 8, 2020April 10, 2020John Bacon, USA TODAYComments Off on A bridge between life and death: Most COVID-19 patients put on ventilators will not survive Despite the rush to secure more ventilators amid the coronavirus crisis, the fact is that they won't fix the problem. But they do buy patients time.