The speculation is the issue here. You say "evidence is mounting", but I don't see this to be the case.
In the article you quotes, the evidence is that "some doctors think" but even then, the article concludes that ventilators probably save lives.
No inference can be drawn from data points such as death rates with and without ventilators, since ventilators are not randomly assigned. This is just basic statistical inference and the reason why you don't have ANY official sources or guidelines following your directive.
It would still be likely that the people dying with ventilators would die without them, and there is indication that people that survive with ventilation would not have survived otherwise.
Consider, for example, the correlation of death rate for countries without enough ventilators and those (such as Germany) with enough ventilators available. The difference is very large.
Consider also that Chinese doctors recommend the exact opposite to what you say. A lot of people die from heart or organ failure because of the stress oxygen distress induces.
There are a lot of cases where recovery would be possible if it weren't for organ failure. In these cases, ventilation seems to help.
In that sense, there is clear evidence that ventilators are useful and, at least on a population level, outweigh the risks.
We can not (ethically) run experiments in these situations, so it would be wise to refrain from making questionable analyses based on anecdotal data.
No inference can be drawn from data points such as death rates with and without ventilators, since ventilators are not randomly assigned. This is just basic statistical inference and the reason why you don't have ANY official sources or guidelines following your directive.
It would still be likely that the people dying with ventilators would die without them, and there is indication that people that survive with ventilation would not have survived otherwise.
Consider, for example, the correlation of death rate for countries without enough ventilators and those (such as Germany) with enough ventilators available. The difference is very large.
Consider also that Chinese doctors recommend the exact opposite to what you say. A lot of people die from heart or organ failure because of the stress oxygen distress induces.
There are a lot of cases where recovery would be possible if it weren't for organ failure. In these cases, ventilation seems to help.
In that sense, there is clear evidence that ventilators are useful and, at least on a population level, outweigh the risks.
We can not (ethically) run experiments in these situations, so it would be wise to refrain from making questionable analyses based on anecdotal data.