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I was under the impression that this was already a solved question in the medical community (essentially boiled down to: who will benefit the most from treatment)

Or are you talking about other considerations like vaxxed/in-vaxxed?

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You may be right. I guess there is a risk that even the number of people dying from treatable conditions exceeds capacity. The spectrum you mention seems more geared to handle broken arm vs heart attack situation, not "We have 100 people dying and 20 beds".

This takes place daily in any ER on a low intensity basis (broken arm can wait for the heart attack), but hospitals specifically consider the 100 people dying 20 beds situations when they train for mass casualty events (with specific doctors and nurses tasked with triaging incoming patients)

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