Exactly the situation all the lock downs are hoping to prevent. I've seen stories of teenagers videoing themselves coughing directly onto fresh produce in grocery stores. Kids will be kids but this is outrageous.
ITALY HAS THE SAME POLICY FOR ANYONE OVER 80 YEARS OF AGE.
It's called Euthanasia
Let's not do this guys
Whatever it takes, we are better than this.
Not when times are bad. It's called triage and tough choices need to be made. Why spend the resources keeping an 80 year old alive when they are probably going to die of something else within a short period of time when those resources could keep an otherwise healthy 40 year old alive.
All lives are precious. Even old folks. Let us never go there.
I understand triage. I worked as a paramedic/ firefighter for years. On scene we had to decide who to save and who was beyond saving. Tough to do.
It's no excuse to let it happen here and now.
The steps we are taking to flatten the curve, and get manufacturing up and running on critical components, should mitigate the problem here in the USA. Thank our leadership team for acting fast and effectively to get ahead of the catastrophe.
Thank our Medical system for stepping up beyond heroic to prevent the need for such draconian measures.
Thank God they were not of a mind not to settle for the triage excuse. We shouldn't either.
Jus' Sayin'
Just a reminder, Triage is about deciding who's treatment is the most urgent, not who shall be left to die.
We have the capability to prevent such draconian brutality. I know many Americans are, sadly, comfortable with killing our young in the womb. But,,,;We should never get used to euthanasia.
They are removing respirators from patients over 65 in Spain and giving them to younger patients. Seniors are then given sedatives so they don’t suffer.