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Actually, there are experimental treatments that involve an induced coma and seem to produce survival rates of over 10%:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milwaukee_protocol




I hadn't seen the newer revision of the protocol, only the original 2 out of 25 number. "Indistinguishable from 100%" was perhaps a little severe, but 90% survival is still pretty long odds.


It's not odds I'd like to face, but it's the difference between no hope and reasonable hope.




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