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Why would anyone spend time developing a treatment for temporarily feeling bad when dying is what people are afraid of?

• xuhu 6y ago
  If I was one of those 90% that survive, I'd rather recover completely than be left without smell, sight, hearing or other problems.
  • anoncake 6y ago
    How likely is that? There's a curious lack of non-anecdotal evidence.
  • anoncake 6y ago
    And I forgot: You wouldn't be one of the 90% but of the 99.5%.
• vharuck 6y ago
  To focus on another point the person you're replying to thought was the focus, limiting length of stay in the hospital would be valuable, even if it didn't affect mortality. Especially when one of the potential problems with COVID is running out of beds.
  • anoncake 6y ago
    I'd count that as preventing deaths since that's the point of being treated in a hospital.
• peterwoerner 6y ago
  Isn't that what much of the health care system is? Maybe I am overly cynical, but it seems we can't/don't fix underlying issues as much as treat symptoms. I really only have a third grade understanding of this stuff (we can fix bacterial infections but not viral ones) which is why I asked the original question.
  • anoncake 6y ago
    In general yes. But we've been neglecting everyone's quality of life for the past months, making an exception here makes no sense.