The Biden team’s solution to COVID: Die first
Ezekiel Emanuel
Biden has already started his teams, including a Covid 19 pandemic advisory team. This includes oncologist Ezekiel Emanuel known to argue that life should end at 75.
The choice obviously raised many doubts, both for the risk profile of the elderly in the pandemic, and because Biden, if we followed these indications, would already be over the limit with his 79 years.
The Biden administration unveiled an advisory group of 13 experts that must focus on managing the Covid-19 outbreak on Monday, in line with campaign efforts for Joe Biden as the champion of science and reason. One of the panel's goals, according to a Biden statement, is "to protect populations at risk" – the elderly, the sick and people with multiple comorbidities. Too bad Emanuel is best known for advocating a human life expectancy limit of 75 years – an age, it's hard to miss, which coincides with an observed steep increase in vulnerability and risk of dying from the novel coronavirus. In a 2014 article for Atlantic, as Ethics Officer at the University of Pennsylvania argued that the United States should not worry that the average life expectancy of its population is among the lowest in the developed world, because living too long at long is as bad as dying prematurely.
He was also one of the main architects of the Affordable Care Act 2010 “Death Panels” – an ethical framework for rationing health care based on a patient's age, fitness and presumed future productive capacity. Emanuel has argued for decades that young people should have priority in health care over old people, a topic that led to this year's coronavirus pandemic – and that has made itself felt worryingly in both the United States and the abroad, as some hospitals have covertly introduced “do not resuscitate” orders in the records of some of their most vulnerable patients. Emanuel is also accused of profiting from the confusing pandemic leadership enacted under the Trump administration, which has moved away from general restrictions, leaving room for states to push through their patchwork of regulations.
Now Emanuel should interpret the often complex rules relating to Covid-19 for citizens and businesses. If you are over 75 years old and you are American, good luck !!!
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