A hospital director sees a single ventilator currently sustaining one patient.

A hospital director sees a single ventilator currently sustaining one patient. Five incoming patients will die without immediate ventilation.

• 32% chose: Reassign the ventilator to the five new patients. (49 people)
• 68% chose: Allow the single patient to keep the ventilator. (102 people)

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