There is no democracy on a privately owned platform. Trump can say what he wants, but Twitter absolutely has a choice what, if anything, they allow to be published on their platform.
FWIW, Trump's time on Twitter is winding down. The only reason he hasn't received the ban-hammer from Twitter is his unique position as an elected official. January 20th shortly after noon, he will no longer exist on Twitter.
Your premise is wrong. Twitter's actions weren't as a result of something it disagreed with. Your comment/thought illustrates one of the REAL root problems ... and that is we are living in a state of two apparent states of "factual reality". Unfortunately this is not possible. There is only one set of facts. Until we can return to that, we will be repeating similar scenarios.
In other words, there is nothing inappropriate about Twitter putting disclaimers on objectively factually incorrect statements.
The fixing of the H1B ship sailed 20 years ago. It sailed around the world, came back and set sail again. There is no fixing this cluster fuck of a system. It has raped my industry and my potential earnings for 20 fucking years.
Google. There are handful of sleep apnea forums with instructions on how to enter into the "clinician mode" of most machines. From there, you can adjust modes, pressure levels, etc. Said forums also have wealth of information on WHAT to change. There is also software called "sleepyhead" that is free and downloadable if you really want to geek out and understand the data saved by the machine.
I "hack" (not really, just doing stuff / adjustments that clinics supposed to do) my machine for no other reason than they clinicians are useless once they sell you a sleep study and machine. You are typically on your own once you get it unfortunately, which is why the success rate of people using CPAP machines is usually pretty low. It can be a frustrating process without help and even if you do have good clinician, it is still frustrating to get used to it (some moreso than others).
Really, you don't need to "convert" anything much. Plain old CPAP is better than nothing (especially if it has c-flex (or diff name depending on manufacturer) to allow for decreased pressure during exhale). In fact it is WAY better than nothing if a person is needing support and can't get them in help as we may soon be encountering.
There are forums out there that teach you how to adjust the settings on your CPAP/APAP/BiPAP machines, including how to get into the "clinician mode" to make REAL adjustments (e.g., like pressing and holding two buttons down on machine for couple seconds puts you into clinician menu settings). There is also software out there that will let you download the data from the SD card in most machines to your computer and analyze it. This isn't terribly critical, but if you have motivation / need it is handy to know how to do this. Makes titration much faster/easier and with less trial and error.
sleepyhead is the name of software (open source, no long maaintained unfortunatly but entirely functional still). Just google for sleep apnea forums.
Yeah, I have news for you ... I'm slapping my CPAP on any family member in a medical crisis where their O2 is bottoming out (I have o2 monitor too .. cheap from amazon) that potentially may be coming. If they are unable to breathe and we can't get them medical help/ventilated, it is no brainer.
Here is my experience: CPAP (actual APAP) for a several years now. Godsend for me. Don't even nap without it. In addition to the sleep apnea and impact it had on my life and long term health, there has been one other remarkable benefit. I have had no lung issues (bronchitis, asthma, pneumonia or even just wheezing), since not long after started using. For decades prior (I'm 50 now), I had yearly bouts with bronchitis due to my mild asthma combined with allergy seasons, etc. I also had couple which progressed to pneumonia. I have had NONE of that since starting and we are on the 4th year now. The APAP helps expand lungs and breath deeply, in addition to the intended benefit of keeping my airway from collapsing / sleep apnea.
CPAPS aren't dangerous. I've already thought about scenario where I'd use it on loved one over past couple weeks (prior to reading this article). Damn believe I will if have to. Alternative is potentially death.
Yes, ventilator (to me implying being intubated) is of course totally different.
I take issue with this claim regarding CPAPs/APAPs There are many doctors who support making CPAP machines purchasable without prescriptions. The story line that they need to remain prescriptions only is, not surprisingly, funding/pushed by sleep clinics and the machine industry players because ... you guessed it ... profit.
I started using an APAP (Resmed10 autoset) about 2 years ago. My sleep study (overnight onsight at clinic) said I needed CPAP for sure and they slapped one on me in the middle of the night to "titrate" it just right for me. After got my machine, they were useless to adjust it. I did bare amount of research and found everything I needed to really adjust settings to work for me over couple months. I don't even take 30 minute nap without it now. Godsend.
I've also snagged the same model machine off ebay with only 30 hours on it (VERY hard to come by because the machine manufacturers are diligent and aggressive in getting them off resale market because of their status as prescribed medical equipment). Anyway, put my brother on said ebay machine, spent week or so of monitoring results and titrating his settings and he has been happy camper since. He had worse apnea than me, but alas no medical coverage at that time.
Of course, ventilators are in different class. That said, keeping CPAPs as prescription only medical devices is a scam and many lives could be extended and saved if could buy without script.
Actually, Resmed and Philips can probably reflash firmware on almost all there basic CPAP machines manufactured within past few years, thereby making them into BiPAP type devices. BiPAPs are sort of "in between" a CPAP and a ventilator.
This would actually be a good public service if they would do for free and provide to hospitals, etc. for emergency use.
FWIW, Trump's time on Twitter is winding down. The only reason he hasn't received the ban-hammer from Twitter is his unique position as an elected official. January 20th shortly after noon, he will no longer exist on Twitter.