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> The solution is to wear a modern iron lung whenever you want or need to sleep forever

Calling it an iron lung is extremely disingenuous.

The Iron Lung uses negative pressure and had to be used 24x7 to keep the patient alive because their lungs weren't able work on their own. They had no mobility and were confined to a bed for the rest of their lives.

CPAP / APAP machines use positive pressure and only assist with breathing while asleep, when apnea events occur. It does not replace lung functionality, it only assists.

Yeah, having to use a CPAP/APAP at night can be bothersome, some people have a very hard time adjusting to using one. However, comparing it to using an iron lung is ridiculous.



> The solution is to wear a modern iron lung whenever you want or need to sleep forever

Iron lung use was not 24/7 for all patients. Saying so might be considered by some to be extremely disingenuous or even ridiculous.

https://www.npr.org/2021/10/25/1047691984/decades-after-poli...


I genuinely thought it was a life sentence, something I was taught in school. Thank you for pointing this out, I honestly didn't know.


It's hyperbole, but the comparison isn't without some merit. My grandma stopped using it because it's troublesome, and I've heard many people voice the same. Getting into an iron lung each night would also be ... troublesome.


You don't climb in and out of an iron lung. If you're using one you're in it 24x7.


Iron lung use was not 24x7 for all patients. Saying so might be considered by some to be extremely disingenuous or even ridiculous.

https://www.npr.org/2021/10/25/1047691984/decades-after-poli...


Iirc iron lungs are better than CPAP, as the positive pressure caused by CPAP, if too big can stress the lungs.

Iron lungs use negative pressure so they don't suffer from this




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