The reality is that most people appearing critically ill will be older and admitted... If this crisis forces us to lose our compassion to old people...then sadly it is a country that has lost its per… (View Post)

Comrade...why should a 70 year old or 80 year old pass over treatment in preference to a younger person??? Surely the clinical presentation takes priority--and on that basis the elderly and those wit… (View Post)

Oh dear...I'm glad you are not triaging patients..... 74 year old, orange, glowing perma tan, narcissistic , obese, dangerous, abusive, rapist, lying, deranged, dangerous, psychopath...deranged … (View Post)

I agree...but with this virus, the need is not equal....the elderly suffer more, ergo they are getting treated...and rightly so.... (View Post)

There are not enough respirators in Italy....but I guess they are being allocated to the critically ill who are elder patients....there are just not enough to go around... (View Post)