> Part of the reason mortality rates are so high among the elderly, though, is the fact that they are de-prioritized in cases when there is a scarcity of beds, ventilators, or other stuff.

This is absolutely NOT TRUE

They died because prior conditions made them weaker and a pneumonia at 84 is as deadly as a bullet in the head

Nobody is left to die in Italy

My parents have worked in the healthcare for 40 years before retiring, here we try to save everybody at the best of our abilities