Coronavirus questions - Is pneumonia what is killing people?

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Dennis S wrote:
Can American hospitals do a good job curing pneumonia? Do you have to go to a special treatment center? Is the test widely available and covered by insurance and Medicare?

Pneumonia is not the only problem this virus causes, in the worst cases.
This is a good explanation of what happens to the body in the very rare cases when the COVID-19 virus puts people in the ICU:
https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsod...eadly-turn

As for how American hospitals do with pneumonia in general, not just specific to this illness, most people in the US who get it respond well to treatment. l