New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham (D) is on the verge of acknowledging just how grim the pandemic has become, telling the Washington Post she will soon allow hospitals to move to “crisis standards,” a move that frees them to ration care depending on a patient’s likelihood of surviving.
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