Episode Details

A few months ago, the state of Idaho declared Crisis Standards of Care when COVID cases peaked and hospitals were full. Dr. David Pate, a member of the governor’s Coronavirus Working Group, talks with Stephanie Desmon about the difficult decisions health care workers have to make during Crisis Standards of Care, how this is and isn’t the same as rationing care, why vaccination status shouldn’t come into play for those decisions, and what has contributed to Idaho being the state with the lowest vaccination rates in the U.S.