Why Do Some Coronavirus Patients Seem Normal When They Should Be Gasping for Air?

Doctors have reported a strange phenomenon as they treat coronavirus infections: Patients who are able to breathe normally and feel fine but have blood oxygen levels that are dangerously low. What causes this “happy hypoxemia,” as it’s known, and could it affect how doctors manage covid-19 patients?

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