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Why are we sending ventilators overseas when hospitals in the US are making decisions to prioritize who gets ventilators because there aren’t enough? 1/

usatoday.com

'Who lives and who dies': In worst-case coronavirus scenario, ethics guide choices on who gets care

Hospitals might not have enough ventilators to care for coronavirus patients. Ethics could guide doctors' decisions on who gets care.

Congressmember Bass

@RepKarenBass

Hospitals give priority to healthy people who are in better condition to recover. 2/

thehill.com

How hospitals will decide who lives and who dies in the COVID-19 crisis

Doctors are having to prepare to decide which patients should — and should not — get a ventilator.

2:45 AM · Apr 23, 2020

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Given health issues faced by African Americans, I wonder how Black folks fair when these decisions are made? This crisis is not over we need ventilators here in US hospitals. 3/3

nbcnews.com

Who gets a ventilator? Hospitals facing coronavirus surge are preparing for life-or-death decisions

"These are conversations that no one wants to have," a Maryland doctor said. "But we need to have these conversations just in case."