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Manually ventilating an adult is a solid amount of work. You'll need a second person to switch out every half hour if you want to maintain any length of time doing this. You'll need two (or better, three) teams of two to allow sleep breaks. You'll be ventilating the person for a week or more (most likely more) and will likely contract the illness on your own in that time. Hopefully that doesn't take you out of commission for ventilating your loved one.
I think we'd all try until we die for a loved one - but let's be real: if you don't have that kind of multi-person manpower and need ventilation, then you're in a bad spot.