in other words > yer f'd
Go home and die, grandma!
Triage, it happens on every battlefield.
That is already happening from a interview of an Italy doctor I saw the other day. They have to choose who lives and who dies.
Since they say the overall majority of those sick are the elderly, this seems unusually cruel.
in other words > yer f'd
From what I have seen of the Italian health care system - lived there for nine years - it wouldn’t take much to overwhelm it. And even without the Coronavirus their care of the elderly was little more than hospice level. In some of their hospitals there isn’t even a third shift.... patients are on their own over night (hopefully they have family helping out).
This happens in every mass casualty event, be it war or disaster, terrorists attack or severe multivehicle car accident. If there is not enough medical resources for everyone, the medicos have to perform triage. Those who can wait for treatment, those that need treatment now, and those that are likely going to die soon even with treatment.
While it would be nice to blame this on socialized medicine, and it does make it worse, it really isn’t. On 9/11, first responders had to do the same thing with Towers victims. Some were left to die in a quiet area.
COVID-29 — ???
Should be COVID-19...
This is just more garbage. Well less then 1000 people have died in italy over 2 months. And you’re acting as if it’s over 1M. Add to that virtually all of the deaths had other serious contributing illnesses. Get a grip.
With single payor, comes rationing. They don’t tell you that.
It’s just a late, late, late-term abortion, Grandma!
Dad’s nursing facility called to tell me that they are pro-actively giving everyone (staff and residents) Tamiflu this week, even if they’ve had flu shots.
The don’t want to have a repeat of all the nursing home deaths in, ‘The People’s Republic of Washington State.’
Smart move, IMHO, and once again - thank your Lucky Stars you were born in America and we ALL had better crawl over broken glass to get to the polls this November!
Medical resources are not infinite even in our semi free market health care system. If it gets overwhelmed we will have to make these kinds of choices here. Hence the importance of flattening the curve of contagion. Then, even if the same number of people get infected, they can all be treated.
Likely need to deny. It hasn’t happened yet.
Per Doctor Obama, granny can take a pill and lie down.
helluva a way to prune the Medicare population!!
Triage station on the lawn of the Pentagon after the 9/11 attack. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/DN-SD-04-12743.JPEG/1280px-DN-SD-04-12743.JPEG
Those who are likely to survive with aid *have* to be prioritized over those likely to die with aid and those who can wait a bit. That is how it is.
“Will be”? I am fairly certain that should read “Have been.”
Medicare patients are already being denied optimal care in U.S. hospitals because Medicare pays less and denies certain procedures according to people I know who deal with these issues. The hospitals do not want to absorb costs so tough.
Ex Spurts warn....
Too bad the NGOs wasted all those resources acting as a shuttle service for illegal immigrants.
Does Italy practice private care, socialized medicine, or a combination?
