Families ‘must decide if loved ones die at home or take up NHS beds’ during coronavirus outbreak COVID19
Speaking on the BBC’s Any Questions, Baroness Finlay said: “There may be somebody else who, numerically their age is higher but actually they would do very well because they’re fit.
‘In fairness of allocation, it’s not related to a label such as age or disability, it’s related to whether they need whatever the treatment is, and is it available, and their capacity to benefit it from it.” Statisticians at Imperial College London have said the death toll could be as low as 5,700 – following earlier estimates of 260,000.Matt Hancock talks about his Coronavirus symptoms in new tweet
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