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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For those who think only your grandmothers who have to worry about coronavirus, France say half of it cases in critical care are under 60.

https://www.cnn.com/world/live-news/coronavirus-outbreak-03-16-20-intl-hnk/index.html[/quote]

This has been posted many, many times. I think everyone here is taking it seriously. [/quote]

Actually, a report that half of critical care patients in France are under 60 is news.  I don't recall any other country that has cited such an affect on people under 60.[/quote]

Here's why its news:  Those folks under 60 have complicating conditions and underlying health factors.  But with limited capacity, the health care system judges them to be more likely to survive and thus to warrant an ICU slot.  Its just math, sad but just math.  Italy's in the same boat.  You give the ICU bed to the 55 year old with asthma and not the 85 year old with emphysema.  = decades of life saved[/quote]

40 year old with young kids get help.  65 year old grandma left to die.[/quote]

In a world with infinite resources, the above would not be true.  We dont live in that world.

All that said, I would want the 40 yo w kids to get the bed vs my 77 yo father., all other things being equal if it came to that.  "He's lived his life".  I'd say the same if I were older too.  War is hell.[/quote]

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