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What doctors are now dealing with on CNN.
Maybe we should stay home and wear masks if we go shopping.
Renew Deal
(81,882 posts)Do they have young children?
Are they good people?
Do they have criminal records?
Does any of this matter?
It is a classic philosophical problem.
DanieRains
(4,619 posts)Which 7 will die. He has to decide.
Not a good day to be a doctor.
And it is spreading.....
sanatanadharma
(3,740 posts)As suggested in this post, https://www.democraticunderground.com/100213687019
Imagine two Covid-19 patients, perhaps twins, both patients are equal in all measures of family, education, work, worth and value for medical care triage.
However, one followed all safe practices of staying home, mask wearing, social distancing, avoiding crowds, etc.
The other flaunted all measures.
Who gets the last ventilator?
tazkcmo
(7,303 posts)The hospital's now need a pair of dice? So much winning.
lostnfound
(16,192 posts)That the mere thought of letting someone die for a stupid belief (or for any reason at all) makes me physically ill..
empedocles
(15,751 posts)former9thward
(32,097 posts)Cuomo said he had plenty of ventilators. He was sending them out of the country. Why no link?
DanieRains
(4,619 posts)DanieRains
(4,619 posts)Doctor interview on CNN.
5 minutes ago.
soothsayer
(38,601 posts)Oh, Jared said theyre for our use, not the states.
My bad.
former9thward
(32,097 posts)The latest data shows CA where this OP is supposed to come from, has over 10,000 and they are only using about 700. Newsom has been shipping them to other areas and he gave 500 back to the federal stockpile.
Takket
(21,644 posts)What happened to all the ventilator being built with the defense production act? As well as all the ones not needed in places like NY that already peaked???
Good point.
crickets
(25,987 posts)former9thward
(32,097 posts)CA has been shipping them elsewhere and giving them back to the federal government.
greytdemocrat
(3,299 posts)Celerity
(43,587 posts)Hoyt
(54,770 posts)is no need for a shortage, at this point.
DanieRains
(4,619 posts)All the ventilators in the world won't help.
The doctor I saw interviewed don't go into the weeds. He just said he had 10 people who need ventilators, and only 3 to hook them up to.