It is now about two weeks since our Commonwealth has been operating solely on “essential services”. This unprecedented and resolute reduction in economic and personal activity for the purpose of “social distancing” was of course implemented to stop the spread of a novel strain of Corona virus. To effect this change, a nine page COVID-19 …
In a recent article in The Atlantic on-line magazine (March 11) writer Yascha Mounk provided commentary on guidelines published by the Italian College of Anesthesia, Analgesia, Resuscitation and Intensive Care (SIAARTI). Mounk explains that this document likens “the moral choices Italian doctors may face [concerning the COVID-19 virus epidemic] to the forms of wartime triage”. …