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> it strikes me as very insensitive It's a physical fact that older people's bodies aren't as able to fight off diseases, and they are likelier to have mortali
by csense 7y ago
> it strikes me as very insensitive
It's a physical fact that older people's bodies aren't as able to fight off diseases, and they are likelier to have mortality rates.
If no one's allowed to actually explain the physical facts of how the physical universe works, because it's "insensitive" to mention that older people are more likely to die when they're sick, how is our society supposed to come to correct [1] answers when it comes to medical science and health policy?
[1] By "correct," I mean minimizing the incidence and severity of illness within relevant resource constraints.
- matt-attack 7y agoAgreed. Statements in contexts like this should be evaluated as either correct or incorrect. Worrying about sensitivities in science is typically counterproductive.
- senordevnyc 7y agoI think most people are blowing it out of proportion. It's just a bad flu This isn’t science, it’s someone’s opinion on how concerned other people should be based on their interpretation of some very incomplete data.
- erentz 7y ago> I think most people are blowing it out of proportion. It's just a bad flu It isn’t just conveying information, its downplaying the severity of the situation.