Covid-19 presents stark choices between life, death and the economy

two critically ill patients but just one ventilator. That is the choice which could confront hospital staff in New York, Paris and London in the coming weeks, just as it has in Lombardy and Madrid. Triage demands agonising decisions . Medics have to say who will be treated and who must go without: who might live and who will probably die.

Their complexity is growing as more countries are stricken by covid-19. In the week to April 1st the tally of reported cases doubled: it is now nearing 1m. America has logged well over 200,000 cases and has seen 55% more deaths than China. On March 30th President Donald Trump warned of “three weeks like we’ve never seen before”. The strain on America’s health system may not peak for some weeks

In India the Modi government decided that its priority was speed. Perhaps as a result it has fatally bungled the shutdown. It did not think about migrant workers who have streamed out of the cities, spreading the disease among themselves and carrying it back to their villages . In addition, the lockdown will be harder to pull off than in rich countries, because the state’s capacity is more limited.

For two weeks Mr Trump speculated that the cure might be worse than the “problem itself”. Putting a dollar figure on life shows he was wrong. Shutting the economy will cause huge economic damage. Models suggest that letting covid-19 burn through the population would do less, but lead to perhaps 1m extra deaths. You can make a full accounting, using the age-adjusted official value of each life saved.

Suggestion for an article- how much has it cost the US economy to have a bidding war on PPE’s? Who is the benefactor? How has this influx of US dollars from the states helped China with their economic issues

When mayors are short on brain cells they kill people

We can thank Trump once again. He did nothing early on as he had a “feeling” that the numbers were wrong. I thank God for the Cuomos and Bakers. ( and others) Without their leadership many more people would be dying as Trumps feelings are a poor management style.

And the greatest of these is the economy. Don't pretend you care ought of life or death.

This is why whatever can be done with producing and securing medical supplies is so important. Also, developing makeshift facilities for ongoing patient needs and training more people in emergency medical training is essential.

Empty hospitals though

Make decisions? In these empty hospitals...what decisions?

Imagine, having a hundred sick patients in Nigeria but no ventilators..

Imagine living in a world where 30 years of insane capitalism didn't destroy public services and close hospital beds so that we wouldn't have to make that awful choice...

What test are you using as according to Dr's who aren't given a platform to debate and don't follow the narrative, there is NO test to isolate the covd-19 DNA. So what exactly have you got?

Right wing press trying to claim that the choice of life and death is sad not the policy of capitalism

Let the richest one go without: they've already taken more than they've given.

3-D printers are helping to fight the coronavirus.

Click bait? Your article truthfully mentions that this “could be” a choice we’d have to make. Your headline communicates something different. That is irresponsible.

Try hijama

Maybe States can learn to play nicely and share equipment.

Interesting that you are showing a church.........AKS Essential service.

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