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> Based on this scoring system, a 40-year-old Hispanic male in perfect health would receive priority over an obese, diabetic 40-year-old white woman with asthma
by docdeek 5y ago
> Based on this scoring system, a 40-year-old Hispanic male in perfect health would receive priority over an obese, diabetic 40-year-old white woman with asthma and hypertension.
This seems out of whack - shouldn’t a person with multiple co-morbidities get priority for a treatment? Is the gender important here, too?
- kragen 5y agoIt should be; men have twice the risk of death from covid. I'm guessing Shadi needed to add "male" because it turned out that male + Hispanic > obese + diabetic + asthma + hypertension > Hispanic.
- gaius_baltar 5y agoThe article links to this one, which has a screenshot of a table from the official document: https://freebeacon.com/coronavirus/hospital-system-backs-off-race-based-treatment-policy-after-legal-threat/ https://freebeacon.com/coronavirus/hospital-system-backs-off... Obesity, asthma, hypertension is worth 1 pt each. Man have 2 pts, Diabetes 3 pts. "Non-White or Hispanic" gives 7 points. So a White person with obesity, diabetes, asthma and hypertension will still be denied treatment, when it will be given to a Non-White person of the same gender and age with no comorbidity at all.
- treeman79 5y agoLook for deeper reasons. This is a way to divide people and put them against each other.