Remember Obama Care Death Panels?

[Jyaku]

Me neither.

But the Trump Death Panels are here:

Texas county, overwhelmed by COVID-19, will deny treatment to those deemed unlikely to survive

The coronavirus situation in Texas has deteriorated to the point where one county’s health authority has implemented a triage committee for the purpose of determining which COVID-19 patients the county’s single hospital will treat, and which patients...

www.dailykos.com

Texas county, overwhelmed by COVID-19, will deny treatment to those deemed unlikely to survive

The coronavirus situation in Texas has deteriorated to the point where one county’s health authority has implemented a triage committee for the purpose of determining which COVID-19 patients the county’s single hospital will treat, and which patients will be sent home to die, according to the McAllen, Texas, affiliate WSYR.

In a stunning admission of how dire the COVID-19 situation is in South Texas, the health authority for one border county on Tuesday announced the formation of an ethics committee that will screen all patients for survival potential and will send home those with low probabilities.

Starr County Health Authority Dr. Jose Vazquez said Starr County Memorial Hospital, the county’s only hospital, on Tuesday implemented an ethics committee and a triage committee to review all coronavirus patients as they come in to determine what type of life-saving equipment and treatment they would likely require and whether they would likely survive. Those deemed too fragile or sick or elderly will be advised to go home to loved ones, he said.

The Starr County Memorial Hospital has eight beds in its COVID-19 unit, but it now has 28 COVID-19 patients, including three on ventilators or other life support, according to WSYR.

 

[Cuckme Clevlnd]

how dire

We've not seen dire yet. But we will. The current wave is not the great threat. A worse scenario comes with winter season of 2020 - 21. This may be the blackest winter not in living memory but in modern history. When this is over, it will be necessary everywhere to prosecute the occupants of the highest offices for their crimes against humanity. Regimes refusing to do so forfeit the social and moral authority to speak as the federal head, or purgative to act as the legal representative of their respective populations.

 

[Jyaku]

We've not seen dire yet. But we will. The current wave is not the great threat. A worse scenario comes with winter season of 2020 - 21. This may be the blackest winter not in living memory but in modern history. When this is over, it will be necessary everywhere to prosecute the occupants of the highest offices for their crimes against humanity. Regimes refusing to do so forfeit the social and moral authority to speak as the federal head, or purgative to act as the legal representative of their respective populations.

Yeah you're not alone in thinking that. I am a medical worker.. we're dreading October - February.

 

[MacNfries]

re: Remember Obama Care Death Panels?

Yeah, ME NEITHER ... just another LIE the Republicans started. So many lies, so few accomplishments, yet the Trumptards still vote for them.

 

[ed4mwf]

This is what Republicans do. They accuse Democrats of doing something nefarious, and with a little digging, we find out they are not only outright lying, but guilty of that that exact charge.
Remember Republican Senator Chuck Grassley said this:

Grassley Warns Of Government Pulling Plug "On Grandma"

Senator Pushes Inaccurate Reading of End of Life Counseling Provision Following Palin Warning of "Death Panels"

www.cbsnews.com

Then we find out under Covid, the mismanagement lack of management of leadership from the President and Senate Republicans have led to this:

The U.S. Is Repeating Its Deadliest Pandemic Mistake

More than 40 percent of all coronavirus deaths in America have been in nursing homes. Here’s how it got so bad, and why there might still be more to come as cases surge in the Sun Belt.

www.theatlantic.com

More than 40 percent of all coronavirus deaths in America have been in nursing homes. Here’s how it got so bad, and why there might still be more to come as cases surge in the Sun Belt