[TornadoAlley3]

wonder if smokers are on the list? :)

[TornadoAlley3]

To prepare, hospitals should designate a triage team with the Godlike task of deciding who will and who won’t get lifesaving care, the task force wrote. Those out of luck are the people at high risk of death and a slim chance of long-term survival. But the recommendations get much more specific, and include:

People older than 85.

Those with severe trauma, which could include critical injuries from car crashes and shootings.

Severely burned patients older than 60.

Those with severe mental impairment, which could include advanced Alzheimer’s disease.

Those with a severe chronic disease, such as advanced heart failure, lung disease or poorly controlled diabetes.

[SIDENET]

Ugly people.

[ChicagahAl]

"those with severe dementia"

Obama voters.

[Blogger]

4 L8er

[randomhero97]

I think I will refrain from posting my feelings about this article.

All I'm going to say is that if these people think there ivory tower will protect them from the "flu" they may be right. However, there is plenty else they should be worried about.

[rdl6989]

This will be an everyday occurrence under socialized medicine.

[GeronL]

“Did you vote for Obama??” is their only question

[OneWingedShark]

Politicians, Illegal Immigrants, Prisoners, and Federal Employees not directly employed by a defense agency or FBI/CIA/BP. In that order.

[Freedom56v2]

Whatever happened to saving lives—as many as possible? This reminds me of the “Values Clarification” stuff that has been in schol; i.e. if you have to throw someone over from a lifeboat, who would you toss and why?

[erman]

..... triage society for those that will help sustain the country...

So I guess democrats, liberals and all the nipple people are S.O.L.

[Cindy]

TRIAGE

Quote - Snippet:

http://dictionary.reference.com/dic?q=triage&search=search

–noun
1. the process of sorting victims, as of a battle or disaster, to determine medical priority in order to increase the number of survivors.
2. the determination of priorities for action in an emergency.
–adjective
3. of, pertaining to, or performing the task of triage: a triage officer.
–verb (used with object)
4. to act on or in by triage: to triage a crisis.
Origin:
1925–30; < F: sorting, equiv. to tri(er) to sort (see try ) + -age -age

[FormerACLUmember]

Basic Rule of Life: Always, always be highly suspicious of a self appointed "task force whose members come from prestigious universities, medical groups, the military and government agencies."

Obama, Pelosi, and the rest of the democrats are drooling and can't wait to start murdering the frail, the infirm, and the defenseless.

[IDRATHERNOT]

Buy some Obama campaign buttons off of eBay to make sure you get “cut” privileges in the triage line.

[denydenydeny]

Fat kids, skinny kids, kids who climb on rocks. Tough kids, sissy kids, even kids with chicken pox.

[TigersEye]

Is this the DHS memo again in a new guise?

[m4629]

How time and value have changed.

Just about a century ago, the captain of the Titanic had to make difficult decisions too. Amazingly, the weak and the most vulnerable weren’t left on board to perish. Was the captain wrong? Would he make the same decision today? Just wondering. Afterall, we still call him a hero.

[devere]

First standard medicine needs to come up with an effective flu treatment, and then they can have the hubris to have this discussion. Right now, once you get sick with the flu it’s up to God, not your doctor, whether you survive.

Those of us who take 2000 IU of vitamin D daily feel somewhat protected from the flu. God helps those who help themselves.
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/51913.php

[woofie]

I dont know who to save but I notce Al Gore looks kind of Piggy...Does he have the flue?

[Jim Noble]

In a real pandemic, we won't be "letting" people die. They'll be doing that all by themselves.

There will have to be some sort of orderly way to select hospital level of care, once all the hospitals are full.

[Tribune7]

AP reporters?