Murika 2020 : Charles M. Blow @CharlesMBlow WHAT?!?!?!?!

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7. It didn't have to be this way

But we're long past the time to rectify matters. We've all been driven into this cattle chute, and evil choices are going to have to be made. Ten patients, six ventilators. Five Covid-19 patients of various ages from 15 to 71. One patient with metastasized cancer, in the late stages. An AIDS patient. One severe mental retardation (who isn't the governor of Alabama). One 54-year-old advanced dementia patient. One 28-year-old patient with severe burns, a spouse and three kids.

Which six get ventilators?

Sounds like a new story problem for Alabama public schools. And the teachers won't have to say, "Oh don't worry, you'll never have to use this stuff; it's not like Algebra II or Calculus. You will for sure need to learn these lessons for later in life."