I know all y’all have been missing the flavor of how the Real America handles a problem:
According to the state document, any of a wide range of underlying health conditions - such as metastasized cancer, AIDS, “severe mental retardation,” advanced dementia and “severe burns” - could disqualify patients from being put on potentially lifesaving ventilators if a pandemic grows dire.
The appendices to the ADPH ethics study in the article explain the logic. Enjoy the football allusions.