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I don't know where that number comes from but I'm assuming it's a contribution to GDP over a lifetime or something. Seems high, but whatever. The people dying

• lostlogin 3y ago
  > The people dying of aortic stenosis have already completed a large percent of their lifetime contributions I was sure you’d be wrong here, as congenital stenosis is a thing. You were right - shows what you learn working in a centre when congenital disease is a specialty. Average age of death is in 70s. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-017-15316-6 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-017-15316-6
• kouru225 3y ago
  And how much do you estimate the cost of their early death to be? Their children who mourn and become bitter at the government and their society for not providing life saving surgeries to their parents while the rich preserve their fossilized parents… how much money will you advocate we should spend on propaganda to manage their vulnerable mental state? How much less money do enemies of the state need to spend in order to bring those people over to their cause and betray your government? And when terrorist attacks become worse, how much money will you advocate wasting on an increased police state? If anything, the $10 million + inflation is an understatement. There’s no end to the potential monetary value of increased quality of life, and there’s no end to the monetary loss of decreased quality of life.