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mbeattie | 4 years ago

Sure and while we’re at it, let’s not treat aids patients because they engaged in high risk activity and not treat heart attacks of the overweight either.

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lovich|4 years ago

Are the hospitals collapsing because of aids patients or so many people getting heart attacks? If so then maybe we should start using carrots/sticks to limit peoples risky behavior or make them absorb more of the cost.

If they’re not collapsing the hospitals then why bring them up?

nostrebored|4 years ago

I mean… yes, they are. Hospitals have frequently been at capacity before covid, often from the number one killer, heart disease

JPKab|4 years ago

The US medical system is financially untenable due to the massive percentage of adults drinking sugary sodas with every meal, getting fat, and developing Type II diabetes. Guess we should let them die too, right?

You are making an argument with no limiting principle, because it's poorly thought out and shallow, and it shows.