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One that included a blanket "you are vulnerable" for any disabilities, to the extent disabled charities had to threaten to sue.
NICE is right and you are right if somebody is very likely to die/very frail it is best not to admit for certain care like ventilators, but they got the start of this very, very wrong.
https://www.nice.org.uk/news/article/nice-updates-rapid-covid-19-guideline-on-critical-care
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Anecdotally, Italy tried to get everyone they could into ICU even when recovery was unlikely due to underlying conditions, and so swamped their units with patients who were very likely going to die and couldn't admit patients who might have benefitted from interventions. Worst of both worlds.
One of the first things NICE did in the UK was put in place guidelines for clinicians on appropriateness of admitting to ICU to stop this.