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I’m going to be brutally honest about something that cost me sleep for years managing emergency departments: the difference between uncomplicated recovery and ICU admission with viral pneumonia often comes down to what happened in the first 24-48 hours after symptoms started—not what sophisticated treatments happened later in hospital. Early appropriate intervention during the window […]

Listen carefully, because this could literally save your life or someone you love: viral pneumonia kills thousands annually, yet most people fundamentally misunderstand how treatment works—assuming antibiotics cure everything or that hospitals have magic medications reversing lung damage instantly. After managing respiratory protocols in critical care settings for twenty-one years, I’ve watched too many preventable […]