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By John Wojcik
As states left without a coordinated national plan to battle the coronavirus pandemic cobble together a patchwork of emergency measures, President Donald Trump said yesterday the states should continue to take care of matters themselves.
The governors in the states, desperate to stop hospitals from being overwhelmed, are asking for ventilators, protective equipment, and ICU beds, which are in short supply. Health care workers across the country are saying they are going to be forced to ration healthcare because of the shortages of needed equipment.
The fear is that the situation is rapidly approaching what is already happening in Italy. There were reports on MSNBC this morning that patients over 80 may have to be left to die in the health care rationing that is going on in that country, with resources being devoted to those patients who are younger or who have better recovery prospects.
Among the governors stepping forward to provide the leadership lacking from the federal government is New York’s Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who demanded yesterday that the Army Corps of Engineers be mobilized to fight the coronavirus by quickly turning military bases, armories, college dormitories, tent cities, and other buildings into temporary hospitals....
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