PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — Health care rationing is a term that has been largely foreign to the U.S., but COVID-19 is changing that.
At least one in 500 Americans have been killed by COVID-19, and a staggering percentage of them were not vaccinated.
In Idaho, with only four out of 10 people fully vaccinated, public health officials are dealing with a “crisis standard of care,” meaning ICU beds are limited to only those with the greatest chances of survival.
Two weeks ago, one in 200 patients in Idaho tested positive for the virus, which means this week’s hospitalizations will only be worse.
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