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Zeusdelight · 61-69, M
Whatever the answer here to this here, the Hospitals will care for whoever turns up if they have the resources. If they are overwhelmed and do not have sufficient resources, they will then treat the patients, who can get the best result with the limited resources.
Just imagine making that decision. You know someone will die based on your decision, but someone will or has a chance to live.
No matter what your attitude to anything, I hope you can step back and admire the guts they exercise, just doing their daily work.
Just imagine making that decision. You know someone will die based on your decision, but someone will or has a chance to live.
No matter what your attitude to anything, I hope you can step back and admire the guts they exercise, just doing their daily work.
SomeMichGuy · M
@Zeusdelight ...and on the basis of that position, hospitals would preferentially choose to treat vaccinated over unvaccinated.
Zeusdelight · 61-69, M
@SomeMichGuy That decision would be up to each Hospital and each admissions treatment team.
SomeMichGuy · M
@Zeusdelight Using your own criterion:
[quote]If they are overwhelmed and do not have sufficient resources, [b]they will then treat the patients, who can get the best result with the limited resources.[/b][/quote][i](Emphasis added.)[/i]
the hospitals would choose to treat vaccinated over unvaccinated persons every time.
[quote]If they are overwhelmed and do not have sufficient resources, [b]they will then treat the patients, who can get the best result with the limited resources.[/b][/quote][i](Emphasis added.)[/i]
the hospitals would choose to treat vaccinated over unvaccinated persons every time.
Zeusdelight · 61-69, M
@SomeMichGuy I am not sure there are any Hospitals that only have Covid patients to treat. But I agree, if it came down to two patients, with no underlying health conditions, the one who was vaccinated would be treated.
But the difficulty is when you have to determine who gets treated a 4 year with cancer or a vaccinated 34 year old with Covid. One long term one short term, both competing for the same resources.
But the difficulty is when you have to determine who gets treated a 4 year with cancer or a vaccinated 34 year old with Covid. One long term one short term, both competing for the same resources.
SomeMichGuy · M
@Zeusdelight Sure. One can construct such dilemmas all day.
Zeusdelight · 61-69, M
@SomeMichGuy Go talk to a health worker. Those dilemmas occur every day.
SomeMichGuy · M
@Zeusdelight I'm sure that they do, and that the CoViD burden has made this worse.
But now you have gone beyond the bounds of the query.
But now you have gone beyond the bounds of the query.