Posted on 03/24/2020 11:02:21 AM PDT by 11th_VA
The novel coronavirus is causing working-age people to worry about missing paychecks, caring for kids home from school, stockpiling groceries and canceling plans. But people in their 50s, 60s or older have bigger worries. Many are lying awake wondering if this is how they are going to die.
At its most severe, the coronavirus attacks the lungs, making it impossible to breathe without a ventilator. Landing in the hospital on a ventilator is bad. But worse is being told you can’t have one.
To his credit, Gov. Andrew Cuomo is doing his best, but he admits “you can’t find available ventilators no matter how much you’re willing to pay right now, because there is literally a global run on ventilators.”
It’s a little late. Several years ago, after learning that the Empire State’s stockpile of medical equipment had 16,000 fewer ventilators than the 18,000 New Yorkers would need in a severe pandemic, state public-health leaders came to a fork in the road.
They could have chosen to buy more ventilators to back up the supplies hospitals maintain. Instead, the health commissioner, Howard Zucker, assembled a task force for rationing the ventilators they already had.
... that task force came up with rules that will be imposed when ventilators run short. Patients assigned a red code will have highest access, and other patients will be assigned green, yellow or blue (the worst), depending on a “triage officer’s” decision.
In truth, a death officer. Let’s not sugar-coat it. It won’t be up to your own doctor.
... the the state could have purchased the additional 16,000 needed...
The state knew of the shortage, had the money and should have bought the lifesaving equipment, instead of making a plan for who should live or die. A lesson for the future.
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Betsy McCaughey, a former lieutenant governor of New York, is chairwoman of the Committee to Reduce Infection Deaths
Homophobia!?!?!?! - stupid spell check, should be Cuomo
Everyone wants the feds to foot the bill so they don’t spend money to prepare.
Well, at least they studied the problem.
This needs to be thrown right in Cuomo's face.
Trump just crammed this down his piehole during his live Fox News town hall.
“Everyone wants the feds to foot the bill so they don’t spend money to prepare.”
Yet under the Constitution, States have the police power, which means the power to deal with public health issues. States are the first responders. The feds are just backup.
This has been a failure of state after state to be prepared.
They Spent the Money on Hookers and Blow...
Trump brought it up in the noon-2:00pm town hall on FoxNews.
The press won't push the fact.
Heard that, beautiful
Bingo! Then they want to point the finger of blame at FedGov when it's a Republican President.
We all know Obama would've gotten a complete pass.
Cuomo spends $500 million on illegals health care
DeBlasio's wife can't account for a missing $850 million
(and those are just 2 of many examples)
Actually, Fredophobia is the right term. :)
LOL! I was wondering about the connection! Except of course I saw an article lamenting that “life saving sex reassignment surgeries” would have to be put off for more urgent concerns. “Life saving”...? The LGBTQWXYZ lobby should take its temperature...I think they have a fever.
Heh, heh. You gotta love auto-correct’s sense of humor.
I’m seeing Lefties wanting to draft Cuomo at the DNC convention to run against Trump. This needs to be thrown in their face at every opportunity.
Howard Zucker, assembled a task force for rationing the ventilators they already had. ... that task force came up with rules that will be imposed when ventilators run short. Patients assigned a red code will have highest access, and other patients will be assigned green, yellow or blue (the worst), depending on a “triage officer’s” decision. In truth, a death officer. Let’s not sugar-coat it. It won’t be up to your own doctor.
Sorry folks but I disagree. Get the ventilators first. Place blame later. Don’t let people die because the federal government didn’t help the state recover from their past mistake.
This is a mistake on the President’s part and I say that as someone who desperately wants to see him re-elected
New York and Cali. always ‘wait’ until a crisis is out of hand....every time, Their approach is never about resolving any problem early, it’s about how they can use the crisis to their advantage...their aim is to generate new revenue into their otherwise bankrupt coffers.
Ventilators are being made as we speak.
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