When the bird flu pandemic comes, and medical centres and hospitals are overloaded with the sick and the dying, not everyone is going to find the help they need.
In fact, there are tens of millions of people in the United States alone who will be denied help simply because they happen to fit into one of the following categories :
• People older than 85.
• Those with severe trauma, which could include critical injuries from car crashes and shootings.
• Severely burned patients older than 60.
• Those with severe mental impairment, which could include advanced Alzheimer's disease.
• Those with a severe chronic disease, such as advanced heart failure, lung disease or poorly controlled diabetes.
The Centre For Disease Control, the Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Homeland Security were all involved in selecting the categories under which people will be left to die.
The above categories are almost exactly the same as the "Leave Them To Die" health care rationing plans prepared by governments in Australian, South East Asia, the UK and most of Europe.
