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If you need a ventilator for COVID-19, odds are 50-50 you’ll survive. But doctors are learning more every day

"I’m enjoying opening my eyes and seeing the beautiful sunrise,” one survivor said.

Jim Cracas posed for a portrait outside of his home in Chester Springs, Pa. Cracas, 51, is recovering from the coronavirus. He spent 4 1/2 days on a ventilator, or breathing machine, at Paoli Hospital.
Jim Cracas posed for a portrait outside of his home in Chester Springs, Pa. Cracas, 51, is recovering from the coronavirus. He spent 4 1/2 days on a ventilator, or breathing machine, at Paoli Hospital.Read moreMONICA HERNDON / Staff Photographer