Midwest Hospital Chain Stops Using Race-Based COVID-19 Treatment Plan Amid Backlash

On January 7, 2022, the Biden administration issued new “guidance” regarding the treatment of COVID-19 patients. According to the FDA-generated “fact sheet,” hospitals should treat patients based on “risk level” and that risk should, in part, be determined by “race or ethnicity.”

On Monday, a midwestern hospital chain announced they will no longer adhere to the guidelines, noting an attorney called the guidance “profoundly unethical…, immoral, [and] illegal.”