Hazmat Hotel host Lea Goldman talks to bioethicist Beth Roxland, the former Executive Director of the New York State Task Force on Life and the Law, which was responsible for the state's much-discussed Ventilator Allocation Guidelines. Roxland unpacks the guidelines, how they came to be and what they actually entail. As Covid-19 ravages New York, how do doctors and hospitals decide who comes first when the state's most in-demand resource becomes scarce? And is it fair to prioritize certain segments of the population—the young, parents, first responders—in a catastrophe?
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