> Those protections are immaterial when the patient is going to die anyway. Only 40% are going to die or require a liver transplant. There is no a-priori reaso

> Those protections are immaterial when the patient is going to die anyway. Only 40% are going to die or require a liver transplant. There is no a-priori reason to assume it won't make things even worse. We have the recent experience of the early months of Covid. In retrospect, it is quite evident that over treatment, especially aggressive intubation and experimental drugs, caused more harm than good. The question is always whether the proposed treatment is safe and effective. Safety, of course, should be relative to the condition being treated.