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Should the elderly be hospitalized if they have corona?

Discussion in 'Opinion POLLS' started by Le Chef, Mar 29, 2020.

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  1. CCitizen

    CCitizen Well-Known Member

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    Very sad. If there will be trouble, it will be much worse for people with Disability.
     
    CCitizen, Apr 3, 2020
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    Nobody is unworthy of life, and at the same time everyone should have the right to choose the way they want to end things.
     
    Distraff, Apr 3, 2020
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  3. CCitizen

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    Fortunately I have not encountered much anti-Semitism in USA. Prejudice against people with mental disabilities is alive and well. Many prisoners have severe neurosis or psychosis.
     
    CCitizen, Apr 3, 2020
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    1) Agree 100%.
    2) Disagree 100%.
     
    CCitizen, Apr 3, 2020
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    This is extreme. Leon Trotsky did not kill rich people -- he taxed them out of their wealth and forced them to integrate into Society. Most became productive members.

    I am proud of my great-grandparents work for Russian Revolution. Sadly, Communism turned Totalitarian in 1930s.
     
    CCitizen, Apr 3, 2020
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    I believe in liberty. Your life is yours and yours alone. The government shouldn't force itself into your decisions.
     
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    Distraff, Apr 3, 2020
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    Your child and my grandfather with underlying cancer both need a ventilator right now, in some rural hospital. Who gets it?
     
    Le Chef, Apr 3, 2020
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    Over half of you guys are avoiding the dilemma posed in the OP because you have a personal fondness for your elders. I have the same fondness. But this is a dilemma, and it's not even new.

    You've got room in a lifeboat for 10 more people, max. 100 people are clamoring to climb in, including your kid and my grandma.

    Who gets in? Why?

    We're going to sink the boat and kill everybody because you're squeamish or sentimental?

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lifeboat_ethics
     
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    No they are not disabled. Just lack respect, and a work ethic.
     
    CKW, Apr 3, 2020
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    Taking ones own life is a great sin.
     
    CCitizen, Apr 3, 2020
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    Had I not been Autistic, I would have had a job, family, and children. Fortunately I have no dependents.
     
    CCitizen, Apr 3, 2020
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    Most of people who seem to be lazy are in reality severely neurotic.
     
    CCitizen, Apr 3, 2020
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    What is a sin?
     
    Distraff, Apr 3, 2020
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  14. Le Chef

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    Come on, guy, address the issue. Dont make it about you or me personally.

    Suppose it's the high school valedictorian in your home town, age 17, versus a retired principal of that same school who is now 80 years old and has cancer. Who gets it? You only get one choice.

    Remember there are nurses and doctors risking their lives here. It's not a trip to the dentist for a checkup.
     
    Le Chef, Apr 3, 2020
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    Well you are obviously high functioning.
     
    Le Chef, Apr 3, 2020
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    What's sad about giving treatment priority to a person with more life ahead of him and with a greater chance of recovery?
     
    Le Chef, Apr 3, 2020
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    I think that sounds an awful lot like death panels... I guess all the hullabaloo from 2008 must have been projection disguised as protest?
     
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    WOW reminds me of this

     
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    People who commit crimes should be prisoners regardless of their mental status.
     
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    I think your question is logical. And it may come to that. They may have to choose who lives and who dies. Or more precisely ,who gets treatment and who has their treatment delayed. It is a terrible question to ponder but it needs to be considered.
     
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    I would probably stay home if I got sick unless suffering forced me to go to the hospital.
     
    politicalcenter, Apr 3, 2020
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    It is now being said that there is a pandemic of health care workers within the pandemic.

    Yup, you got to ask every question.
     
    jay runner, Apr 3, 2020
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    Le Chef, Apr 3, 2020
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    Does anyone here understand this post?
     
    Le Chef, Apr 3, 2020
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    What?
     
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