[UK] Coronavirus patients more likely to die may have ventilators taken away

SKY News ^ | April 2, 2020 | by David Mercer

[Oldeconomybuyer]

[taxcontrol]

Oh the joys of universal healthcare, socialized medicine and death panels.

[BenLurkin]

B Hussein O approves

[Sicon]

Coronavirus patients may have life-saving treatment withdrawn...

The most frequently used words in articles about COVID-19?

COULD
MAY
MIGHT
POSSIBLY

[SaxxonWoods]

Shouldn’t they also give them a fatal injection so they don’t suffer?

[dfwgator]

Remember that disgusting tribute to the NHS during the opening ceremonies of the 2012 London Olympics?

[Truthoverpower]

Doom. Gloom. “ could be “. Etc

[soupbone1]

I’m hearing anecdotal evidence that ventilators are not the magic bullet people have been led to believe.

https://www.physiciansweekly.com/mortality-rate-of-covid-19-patients-on-ventilators/

[KarlInOhio]

NHS: refusing treatment is what we do best. Unless your name starts with some noble title - then you go in the non-peasants door to use our gold plated ventilators and blue blood transfusors.

[yldstrk]

“May” being the operative word. This means nothing.

[RushIsMyTeddyBear]

It was creepy as hell.

[Flick Lives]

I’m glad you captioned that GIF because otherwise I would have wondered WTF am I looking at! ;-)

[Empire_of_Liberty]

“May” being the operative word. This means nothing.

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Yes. This is a “decision” about the future, which may mean nothing or be reversed, when it arrives.

It “sounds” scary, but how close to actually being needed, is it?

I will say, it sounds even uglier than “triage”.

[Kozak]

They are not a magic bullet. They are a desperate last resort to keep people alive who 100% of will die without it.

[DesertRhino]

Little Eichmanns

[DesertRhino]

That was truly like something out of North Korea. As I watched all I could think was that they are so far gone, they don’t even realize how that looked to sane parts of the world.

NOBODY, anywhere strives to obtain British medical care, or food.

[dfwgator]

It was obviously meant to target Americans during the debate over ObamaCare, they admitted as much.

[oincobx]

So if you are over 60 or suffer from diabetes, hypertension, a heart condition or cancer or have a compromised immune system, you best not leave your house for the next 3 months.

[soupbone1]

I understand, however, is the public aware of the actual success rate. Has the media in all of their reporting on lack of ventilators ever stated the recovery rate when used. I’m all for the emergency use but wonder how many know the true stats.

[ConservativeMind]

Doesn’t that action make them more likely to die?