Unlike other patients, Boris Johnson likely has the option to get convalescent plasma from a patient who recovered from the coronavirus and developed antibodies to it. It remains the most promising and effective antiviral therapy, but is only available to the rich and powerful.
Only in America can a doctor turn away a 17-year-old boy in severe distress, without providing any stabilizing care whatsoever, ask the boy to fuck off to the emergency room somewhere else where he gets a heart attack on the way and dies—all because he has no health insurance.