Have you read about the principals of triage in a disaster?
Scarce medical resources in a disaster are allocated according to who can survive.
As for me, if a pandemic occurred and there were scarce resources, I think they ought to be used on the young. It makes sense.
Agreed, but see post 59.
Scarce medical resources in a disaster are allocated according to who can survive.
As for me, if a pandemic occurred and there were scarce resources, I think they ought to be used on the young. It makes sense.
I freely admit that I am strongly opposed to ageism--especially when the objects of this proposed discrimination would "includ[e] [otherwise] healthy people above 85"--but the discrimination does not stop there. Those who are either physically disabled or mentally handicapped would also be among those unapproved for rescue. If that is not reminiscent of the ghastly practices of Nazi Germany, I simply cannot imagine what might be.