Actual Eugenics

[writerkit]

Apparently at least some industrialized governments have now moved from theoretical eugenics to actual eugenics, as an official government entity in the UK instructed the NHS to consider autism and learning disabilities as high for "frailty" when it comes to determining who gets a ventilator.  And then was threatened with being sued by disability rights groups and backed off this, but there have also been reports of doctors in the UK declaring that people in group home settings should all unilaterally have DNR orders issued regardless of their actual medical history.

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[squirrelitude]

Ouch. :-(

Do you have a link on that first thing?

[writerkit]

Here's The Guardian having an opinion about it: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/apr/09/nice-guidelines-coronavirus-pandemic-disabled

And here's the BBC doing reporting on it: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-somerset-52217868

[squirrelitude]

Thanks. That's pretty awful.

[jducoeur]

I wish I could say I was surprised by this...