[teejers1]

"With new coronavirus cases shattering records on a daily basis, Utah’s hospitals are expected to begin rationing care in a week or two.

That’s the prediction of Greg Bell, president of the Utah Hospital Association, who said administrators of the state’s hospitals confronted Gov. Gary Herbert on Thursday with a grim list: Criteria they propose doctors should use if they are forced to decide which patients can stay in overcrowded intensive care units.

Under the criteria, which would require Herbert’s approval, patients who are getting worse despite receiving intensive care would be moved out first. In the event that two patients' conditions are equal, the young get priority over the old, since older patients are more likely to die."

https://www.sltrib.com/news/2020/10/25/w...ZsUTdvA8HM

This looks alarming and the kind of thing that should require behavior modification.
And the article raises another point:  the hospital capacity numbers reported should be the (lower) practical number, not the theoretical number in a perfect world.  And policies should be based on those capacity numbers.

[teejers1]

"With new coronavirus cases shattering records on a daily basis, Utah’s hospitals are expected to begin rationing care in a week or two.

That’s the prediction of Greg Bell, president of the Utah Hospital Association, who said administrators of the state’s hospitals confronted Gov. Gary Herbert on Thursday with a grim list: Criteria they propose doctors should use if they are forced to decide which patients can stay in overcrowded intensive care units.

Under the criteria, which would require Herbert’s approval, patients who are getting worse despite receiving intensive care would be moved out first. In the event that two patients' conditions are equal, the young get priority over the old, since older patients are more likely to die."

https://www.sltrib.com/news/2020/10/25/w...ZsUTdvA8HM

This looks alarming and the kind of thing that should require behavior modification.
And the article raises another point:  the hospital capacity numbers reported should be the (lower) practical number, not the theoretical number in a perfect world.  And policies should be based on those capacity numbers.