Syag
I’m worried you arent following the flow, especially since other comments get added later so here is a brief recap:
OP – “Mandatory DNRs for COVID patients?!?!,,, Is our community okay with this?”
Ubiq- no we arent ok with it but what choice is there.
Then to illustrate how severe things are I posted a description by an MD
2scents “The doctor that posted this does not subscribe to the notion of sacrificing older patients so there are more resources for younger more viable patients.”
(now I assume this was in response to my comment , in which I acknowledged that there was no choice with regard to unilateral DNR’s and not a brand new topic)
so I replied: That of course he supports unilateral DNR’s (the topic of the thread) though he and I wouldnt necessarily describe it as “sacrificing older patient”
Then you said “Of course he chooses who he thinks is more likely to benefit [from his time] Is absolutely NOT an example of sacraficing older patients…”
I acknowledged again that he/I woudlnt describe it that way, and I have no problem if you disagree with that description. but by giving your limited time to save one patient over another you are sacrificing one for the other.
but again if you dont think that that is an example then fine, if you dont think it is relevent to this thread (I posted it to show how serious the situation is) fine this topic is about DNR’ against the patients wishes.