It ignores such insignificant forces as time, entropy, and death
"Death Panel" is rather retarded thing to say. In the US, it's the money and bureaucrats doing the decisions, who know jack shit about medicine. In our "evil socialized medicine", the decisions are left with the doctors.
This experimental treatment was planned for him, btw. His condition deteriorated, and it became apparent it would not help him. The treatment have been used few times in the past, with little evidence of doing much of anything.
Last edited by Santti; 2017-07-19 at 04:41 PM.
Wow that guy is getting roasted about helping current citizens of the US get healthcare and whether they will be doing this for things that are actually treatable.
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Wouldn't the child have just died untreated without socialized medicine?
Is this some social media movement to "save" him or something? What caused congress to care about giving medical treatment to a foreign kid that is already brain dead? I have seriously not kept up with this at all but apparently I should be.
likely true, and i likely didn't follow it but depending on the details i'd likely disagree if it was like this case. I fully support the use of terminally ill patients as willing test subjects for procedures that may one day lead to a cure, in the case of a kid like this i defere that to the parents / guardians
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Thousands of children die every day but the world only cares about this kid because his parents refuse to do what many many other parents have had to do and accept that their child is, for all intents and purposes, already dead. It's disgusting how big of a story this has become when it should never have happened in the first place. Stop being selfish and let the poor kid go, christ.
Why is the American goverment getting involved? Do they intend to offer the same options to other children, unlikely, I was already disgusted by American doctors wanting to cash grab and experiment on a high profile baby BUT for the government to shamelessly PR grab well words fail me
if the parents OK it, yep or non-responsive adults that have legal guardians empowered to make medical decisions. Its not the states business in cases where the Doc's have ruled a person terminally ill and just laying on their death bed anyway. Might as well make their death more meaningful.
I'm not a parent but i do think i'd get some condolence knowing my kids death helped (even if it just more data) the next kid have a better chance vs just being dead.
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Cause with epilepsy you can have somewhat of a normal life. This kid will never have anything close to that. You are comparing apples to oranges.
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They aren't getting money? This will only cost US tax payers.
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More like, Stop making your child suffer needlessly for your own selfishness.
That doctor thinks there is a 10% chance this might help him. As is restore some muscle function, not actually cure him.
In which case it should be on the parent not tax payer dollars.
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If they were paying for it, sure. When they aren't paying for it, no.