Hey Buster, are you calling me a dinosaur?
Posted on 03/14/2020 8:36:34 AM PDT by Hojczyk
Thirty-seven deaths (77% of total) are in Washington state.
Two women in their 90s at Life Care Center died on March 6.
A woman in her 80s at Life Care Center died on March 6.
A man in his 70s at Overlake Medical Center died on March 4.
A man in his 80s at Swedish Issaquah hospital, died on March 9.
Woman in her 70s with underlying health conditions died on March 11.
Four Washington state deaths are from Snohomish County
A woman in her 70s with underlying health conditions died March 11.
Woman in her 80s with underlying health conditions died March 10.
Man in his 80s with underlying health conditions, died March 9 at the Josephine Caring Community
A man in his 40s with underlying health conditions died but the date has not been specified. One Washington State death is from Grant County, a patient in his or her 80s.
Four deaths are in California:
A woman, 90s, in assisted living.
A woman, 60s, hospitalized in Santa Clara.
An elderly man in assisted living.
A man, 71, with underlying health conditions who had been on a Grand Princess cruise ship.
Two deaths are in Florida:
A man and woman, both in their 70s, died after returning from foreign travel. One death is in New Jersey:
A man, 69, who is diabetic and suffered two cardiac arrests, has died. One death is in South Dakota:
A man in his 60s with underlying medical conditions has died. One death is in Georgia:
A man, 67, with underlying medical conditions has died. One death is in Kansas:
A man in his 70s with underlying health conditions died at the Life Care Center in Kansas City. One death in is Colorado:
A woman in her 80s with underlying health conditions has died.
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Italy and Spain have socialized medicine. That can’t help the numbers.
Yes age is an underlying condition
So how many in the WH ( present and potential), the Cabinet, other govt agencies, Congress and Supreme Court are potentially expendable culls to save healthcare and pension costs on society?
>>>They had no choice - their healthcare system was overwhelmed. That’s what we’re trying to avoid in the US.
I know that is what we are trying to avoid, but if it gets to a point where we have to ration supply, will Americans accept a similar model?
I do recall. Thanks for that very concrete reminder, Jane Long. Let the Totalitarians live and die by their own words/rules. Patriots can enforce them. The justice system?...not so much. UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES BUMP!
“Don’t all illnesses target “old people”? If not there wouldn’t be anything special about being a centenarian.”
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Hah. But true - you don’t hear of people dying of “Young Age”.
The thing is, as it relates to trying to manage an epidemic, it’s not those who have passed on that present the problem. The were people who had family and others who loved them and will miss them, but they are no longer in the middle of things and are no longer suffering.
The “problem” is the survivors who need hospitalization for at least 10 days with this thing - usually longer, up eight weeks. They take the beds, resources and attention - as more cases keep piling up behind them and so on & so on.
Italian healthcare is considered first world, maybe better than UK
No matter who controls it, govt or private sector, it is a finite resource and will be rationed (triaged) at some point when overwhelmed
And many of them are faithful donators to FR. This place barely meets its quarterly goals as it is. It’s not a big leap to say that the virus could kill this site as well.
I don’t know. Many of us have become very selfish.
How else could we possibly triage people, than deciding among those likely to survive with assistance, and those not?
Based on a WHO analysis of national healthcare systems done in 2018, Italy’s healthcare system was ranked 2nd out of 191 countries.
In addition, the area in Italy where the outbreak is worst is the wealthiest area of the country.
People really need to stop saying that what is happening in Italy is a result of substandard healthcare.
For those who want to see the study done by WHO, it can be found here:
https://www.who.int/healthinfo/paper30.pdf
I am old - 72 - with a history of heart attacks & bypass surgery, diabetes and Agent Orange.
I may be a bit ‘slow’, but I figured out some time ago that my ‘time’ is running out. Therefore, I’ve settled my relationship with God, through my Lord & Savior, Jesus Christ. It matters not a bit to me whether He takes me home via COVID19, an asteroid impact or peacefully in my sleep. I’d prefer that it not be by being boiled in oil, drawn & quartered or eaten by sharks.
I’d suggest that if you are of a similar age and health condition to those listed in this article that you do as I have done. Also, if you are young, healthy, rich, handsome/beautiful and a great singer & dancer you need to get in a right relationship with God.
Then go out and live Life for as long as He grants it to you!
This Life is not permanent.
Eternity is.
There used to be a cartoon suggesting that if all everyone could give was 5 dollars per month, it would help greatly.
I wonder how many people enjoy the site regularly but don’t give even that.
Let’s go with ‘asteroid impact’.
Better to burn out than to fade away :-)
Indeed. Her and John Solomon, to name another of the very very few.
The hype virus is a political virus. This is the crisis to be used as a political tool. It seems to be working.
Hey Buster, are you calling me a dinosaur?
>>>How else could we possibly triage people, than deciding among those likely to survive with assistance, and those not?
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There was a tv series some years ago called, ‘Dead Like Me’. The female protagonist was taken out by a toilet seat falling from the Mir space station.
Ignominious way to go; but funny as hell.
Only after they are outside the womb, according to many liberals.
Likewise, open borders are advocated but when lax immigration policies (as from certain countries) causes problems then quarantines are demanded.
“ALL diseases target the older, less healthy populations first. Been that way since the dawn of life on earth.”
Not entirely true. The 1919 flu outbreak, for example.
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