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Maybe we just shouldn't be living that long?

• ChuckNorris89 4y ago
  Sure, even my GP said people are living way beyond their sell by date, putting huge pressure on the healthcare and social system, but what do you suggest we do? Take pensioners behind the block and pop a cap in their heads like cattle? Back in the days, we used to have a once in a century virus/pandemic/plague that would "thin the heard", but now we got really good at creating effective vaccines and prioritizing distributing them at those old and vulnerable, to prevent nature from running its course, so we're back to square one. So what do we do? Provide modern medicine only to able bodied adults and deprive the elderly once they reach their sell by date?
  • bombcar 4y ago
    We even HAD this "once in a century pandemic" and we fought hard to prevent it culling the herd.
  • nisegami 4y ago
    >Take pensioners behind the block and pop a cap in their heads like cattle? For what it's worth, it'd get the job done. But that aside, for starters, we should have let covid-19 run its course. Vaccines, if any, should have been given to the people under 50 first. This would have helped balance things out a lot to begin with. Similarly, I think we should be more willing to turn to palliative care earlier in the case of declining health in the elderly. Of course, I recognize that I'm basically just describing some flavor or utilitarianism and that it will never even be in the discussion of how things should be.
    • gspr 4y ago
      I can understand that argument for prioritizing younger people when there's a shortage of vaccines. What I cannot fathom is your reasoning for doing so. Sure, if there's 1 vaccine and 5 people who need it, the sad fact is that some will go without. You seem to view that as a positive thing, though. Terrible attitude towards human life!