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the world doesn't get less divisive because you ignore the burden that people have on resource limited public health systems. Hear no evil, see no evil, speak n
by Barrin92 5y ago
the world doesn't get less divisive because you ignore the burden that people have on resource limited public health systems. Hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil?
You're exactly right that not being vaccinated is not unique in this regard. Which is an argument for more intervention. People should obviously be treated even if their illness is a consequence of choice, but this also implies we can have a say in what people do. Population health is always a collective matter, as this pandemic shows. We all share the same ecosystem.
Singapore spends 6% of its GDP on healthcare compared to 20% in the US. In Singapore the live expectancy is 83 years, the highest in the world. Some American states rank below mainland China, the nation ranks below Cuba.
- OJFord 5y agoWell I think it does, because saying 'people making decision X costs us Y' creates a division. Not to say that education, rehabilitation, etc. as appropriate doesn't have its place alongside treatment. And I'm by no means holding up US healthcare (or expenditure on it) as a model system. (I'm commenting from the UK - in broadest possible terms, our political left thinks our NHS is great and the model system - just needs more spent on it; the right thinks the NHS is great and Singapore has the model system.)