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"Old age" no longer a diagnosis as a cause of death
- throwitaway222 2y agopeople experiencing death from oldness... GSon: doc! Is my grandma ok? Doc: Oh, yeah of course, just someone experiencing death from oldness. GSon: Oh great, so I can take her home. Doc: No you need to call a funeral home, she's a person experiencing death from oldness. GSon: But you said she's ok! Doc: Yeah she is, but also experiencing death from oldness. GSon: So she's alive right now, close to death? Doc: Look I think I said enough about her status, I have other patients experiencing things.
- fuzzfactor 2y agoMakes sense, old age is a normal condition of life, not a disorder.
- axiologist 2y agoDue to some strange mental interference this raises memories of the proverbial stance on life being considered a terminal disease spread by sexual transmission with a death rate of a full 100%, for which no cure has yet been found during so many thousands of years...