sorry if i missed something; but he did say opiates will help manage symptoms. Opiates are not part of the doctors protocol in treatment of covid in any hospital..not even if patient is dying. i checked.
this is absolutely not true. they use fentanyl plus midazolam anytime they put anybody on a vent, and they might be judicious with the opioids for those with serious respiratory depression, but they will use them for palliative care absolutely. in fact there are articles about how they are running out of opioids both for people on vents and for palliative care for the dying and how thats a major problem.
i actually was in the ER for probable covid and didnt have low spo2 but had high blood pressure and worsening of my underlying autonomic conditions , tachycardia/pots, they offered me morphine which i didnt take, for the aches and pains
i have had opioids since, for the non-acute/post covid aches and pains (it has worsened many of my symptoms long terjm unfortunately) and they have been extremely helpful, although i watch my spo2 when on them.