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This is somewhat confounded by the fact that it was suggested early on that people with BMI>30 would be de-prioritised for treatment/ICU beds if hospitals becam
by throwaway2245 6y ago
This is somewhat confounded by the fact that it was suggested early on that people with BMI>30 would be de-prioritised for treatment/ICU beds if hospitals became overwhelmed.
- spullara 6y agoTriage is usually done so the most likely to survive are prioritized. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triage https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triage
- radford-neal 6y agoNo. Triage is supposed to prioritize those for whom treatment is most likely to make the difference between surviving and not surviving, which is not at all the same as prioritize those most likely to survive.
- dragonsky 6y agoyou are describing reverse-triage, used in critical incidents and military operations where resources are limited and not everybody can be saved, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triage#Reverse_triage https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triage#Reverse_triage
- spullara 6y agoIsn't this the situation when the hospitals are overloaded and there are a finite number of people that you can give beds?
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- throwaway2245 6y agoThat's why I say it's confounded. If you say "I won't treat fat people (the same) because they are less likely to survive", and then afterward say "Fat people were less likely to survive (so this earlier decision was justified)", then that's severely faulty and dangerous logic. The reason fat people had worse outcomes is, just as likely, because they had worse treatment.
- spullara 6y agoAh, I see what you are saying. Possibly, though early on the people that had the worst outcomes were those that were aggressively treated with ventilators.