Who gets medical care during the coronavirus pandemic — and what does that mean for people with disabilities?

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From a CBC article...

Am I worth it?

With the appearance of COVID-19, as a person with a disability, my life has suddenly taken on more significance — or should I say insignificance? 

Finding myself expendable is, to say the least, alarming. 

It has been slightly more than two weeks since a public health emergency was declared in Manitoba. 

Recently, I have read newspaper articles from the U.K., the United States and Canada, where government and public health officials have begun floating the idea that medical care should be rationed — and given only to those individuals determined, as I interpret it, to be "worth saving."

In my opinion, disabled people were identified as disposable. 

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