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When the ventilators run out: lottery, first come first served, or most life-years saved?
I build credit-scoring models, so I spend my days ranking people by predicted outcomes. During the pandemic a doctor friend in Nairobi described a night when her hospital had two ventilators and five patients who needed them. Since then I've been reading…
Started by Wanjiru Kamau5 replies214 views -
Four ventilators, seven patients: is triage consequentialism with a human face, or something else?
During the worst weeks of an outbreak, our hospital in Addis Ababa had four ventilators and, on one night, seven patients who needed them. We used a triage protocol: allocate to those most likely to survive with treatment, and, among similar cases,…
Started by Tsion Bekele6 replies248 views