Declaring “moral bankruptcy”
International | WHO chief says we should not discount elderly COVID-19 deaths
by Mindy Belz
Posted 8/31/20, 06:41 pm
GLOBAL: The number of cases of the coronavirus around the world surpassed 25 million over the weekend, and World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Ghebreyesus gave a moving conclusion to his regular Monday briefing: “When the elderly [are] dying, it’s not fine. It’s a moral bankruptcy. We should not be morally dead. Every life, whether it is young or old, is precious. And we have to do everything to save it.”