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Young people, vital health workers would be prioritized if CA hospitals are overwhelmed by coronavirus, new state guidelines recommend
KTLA ^ | 04/21/2020

Posted on 04/21/2020 9:46:33 PM PDT by BenLurkin

California...public health officials are still planning for a “worst-case scenario,” quietly publishing a sobering set of detailed guidelines to answer the troubling ethical question of who lives and who dies should California face a new surge in the coronavirus outbreak, resulting in a shortage of ventilators and medical supplies.

A 38-page document by the California Department of Public Health, published last weekend, prescribes a method to prioritize patients in the event that an outbreak overwhelms hospitals, preserving intensive care beds and ventilators for people with the greatest likelihood of surviving with treatment over those with serious chronic conditions that limit their life expectancy. If necessary, younger people and workers who are “vital to the acute care response” would receive care before others.

(Excerpt) Read more at ktla.com ...


TOPICS: US: California
KEYWORDS: deathpanels; healthcarerationing
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1 posted on 04/21/2020 9:46:33 PM PDT by BenLurkin
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So predictable.


2 posted on 04/21/2020 9:46:51 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: null and void

3 posted on 04/21/2020 9:47:35 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
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Well, yeah! What good are OLD people?/S


4 posted on 04/21/2020 9:48:22 PM PDT by Flaming Conservative ((Pray without ceasing))
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To: BenLurkin

Are these the boards that were discussed during Obamacare?


5 posted on 04/21/2020 9:49:47 PM PDT by Lurkina.n.Learnin (The Revolution Will Not Be Televised but It Will Be Livestreamed)
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To: BenLurkin

back door obamacare ranking of patients, nothing to see here.

they also will rank based on gender and race.


6 posted on 04/21/2020 9:50:07 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Flaming Conservative

its triage....it exists in every single dire situation....war, famine,etc....


7 posted on 04/21/2020 9:51:01 PM PDT by cherry
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To: cherry
here's a clue....make yourself NEEDED...make yourself indispensable...either thru your wisdom, or your intelligence, or your leadership....

Make yourself the one that must be saved...

8 posted on 04/21/2020 9:52:31 PM PDT by cherry
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To: cherry

Triage is based upon the severity of injury. Not on a bureaucrat’s ideological prediclictions.


9 posted on 04/21/2020 9:54:04 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
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Oh sure save the snowflakes and cupcakes, not the adults who actually work, who created the wealth. Save then young useful idiots. All of the young people I know don’t bother to register or vote.


10 posted on 04/21/2020 9:56:33 PM PDT by buffyt (New normal is overused, this is not normal! I'd rather die on my feet than live on my knees!)
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To: cherry

Never seen age or profession used in triage.


11 posted on 04/21/2020 10:02:44 PM PDT by DocRock (And now is the time to fight! Peter Muhlenberg)
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To: cherry

Or.... just burn it all down. Screw the “indispensable” pricks.


12 posted on 04/21/2020 10:02:55 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: DocRock

They are just identifying the useless eaters and letting them die. It comes naturally to the socialist mind. Adolf would be proud?


13 posted on 04/21/2020 10:08:59 PM PDT by newzjunkey (Vote Giant Meteor in 2020)
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To: BenLurkin

Also illegal aliens over American citizens.


14 posted on 04/21/2020 10:13:18 PM PDT by AlaskaErik (In time of peace, prepare for war.)
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To: malach

“Studio 54 triage.....”

Is that where they put Gary Glitter in charge?


16 posted on 04/21/2020 10:24:48 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: BenLurkin

Well, it didn’t happen and it won’t but, thanks for opening your Kimono....

Ugly and vile sight to behold...


17 posted on 04/21/2020 10:26:05 PM PDT by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me https://youtu.be/wH-pk2vZG2M)
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To: cherry

My singular purpose in life is to make a better future for my children and as much as I think I need to be there for them I’m fairly certain I’ve taught them well enough that simply keeping them safe is my only calling


18 posted on 04/21/2020 10:27:11 PM PDT by Manuel OKelley
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To: BenLurkin

It doesn’t matter anyway. It’s all fake, and everything is a grand conspiracy. Visit some COVID-19 patients, and inhale deeply. Nothing will happen. The saloons and brothels are more important.

KILLER BUG Dad killed by coronavirus after dismissing ‘bulls***’ lockdown as a ‘political ploy’
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/11441636/john-mcdaniel-killed-coronavirus-dismissing-political-ploy/


19 posted on 04/21/2020 10:28:11 PM PDT by familyop ("Welcome to Costco. I love you." - -Costco greeter in the movie, "Idiocracy")
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To: BenLurkin

“Lois Lerner, please pick up the white courtesy phone”


20 posted on 04/21/2020 10:28:20 PM PDT by Ignatz (Winner of a prestigious 1960 Y-chromosome award!)
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