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> ..makes a sub-optimal situation much worse. I guess the OP's point was how much more sub-optimal can the situation get if the alternative to not trying the e
by xtrumanx 12y ago
> ..makes a sub-optimal situation much worse.
I guess the OP's point was how much more sub-optimal can the situation get if the alternative to not trying the experimental drug is the death of the patient.
- roywiggins 12y agoThe alternative is a about a 40% chance of survival without the drug. With the drug, maybe it will be higher, but maybe it will be lower. We don't actually know (though this new trial is very encouraging). A bad drug could also cause suffering beyond what Ebola causes: even if the patient was going to die anyway, it could make their death even more painful.
- selectodude 12y agoI guess that's when you hope you're not in the US, and get someone to inject you with a fatal dose of morphine.
- mrexroad 12y agoif walking dead and zombie movies taught us anything, it's that things can get a whole lot more sub-optimal.