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April 2, 2020
https://twitter.com/NickPonticello/status/1245457341375373312
a puzzle for Wednesday evening
https://twitter.com/NickPonticello/status/1245457341375373312
April 1, 2020
https://www.al.com/news/2020/03/last-resort-alabamas-plan-for-deciding-which-coronavirus-patients-get-ventilators.html
In the coming weeks, difficult decisions about who will live and who will die in Alabama may hinge on a little-discussed document outlining the states suggested criteria for mechanical ventilator triage during pandemics like the current COVID-19 outbreak.
According to the state document, any of a wide range of underlying health conditions such as metastasized cancer, AIDS, severe mental retardation, advanced dementia and severe burns could disqualify patients from being put on potentially lifesaving ventilators if a pandemic grows dire enough. And some people already on ventilators could be removed from them to make space for people impacted by the pandemic, according to the guidance.
Alabama plan for who doesn't get ventilated: severe Retarded, dementia, Cancer, HIV, severe burns
https://twitter.com/MillerCrime/status/1242888237993123841https://www.al.com/news/2020/03/last-resort-alabamas-plan-for-deciding-which-coronavirus-patients-get-ventilators.html
In the coming weeks, difficult decisions about who will live and who will die in Alabama may hinge on a little-discussed document outlining the states suggested criteria for mechanical ventilator triage during pandemics like the current COVID-19 outbreak.
According to the state document, any of a wide range of underlying health conditions such as metastasized cancer, AIDS, severe mental retardation, advanced dementia and severe burns could disqualify patients from being put on potentially lifesaving ventilators if a pandemic grows dire enough. And some people already on ventilators could be removed from them to make space for people impacted by the pandemic, according to the guidance.
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