Idaho, crisis standards of care
Population, 1.8 million
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/09/16/covid-delta-variant-live-updates/
Hospitals allowed to ration care
Expands its “crisis standards of care” criteria
Idaho Department of Health, Dave Jeppesen
The situation is dire
We don’t have enough resources to adequately treat the patients in our hospitals, whether you are there for COVID-19 or a heart attack or because of a car accident
Allows prioritization
Potentially deny care, based on who they think will benefit most
In other words, someone who is otherwise healthy and would recover more rapidly may get treated or have access to a ventilator before someone who is not likely to recover
FDA discission on US booster doses
Immunocompromised, 2 million already boosted
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