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Re:Why “Trusting the Science” Is Complicated by iammisc on Wednesday October 13, 2021 @01:11PM (#28854762)
There is good reason to not want to be in the system. During COVID, both my aunt and grandmother were abused during their hospitalizations (not for COVID). The experience left my aunt feeling she'd rather have died than endure what she had to, and after hearing her experiences, I think that would have been a perfectly rational decision to make had she known what was going to happen.

Why are we so upset when people decide to refuse treatment?

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Re:Why “Trusting the Science” Is Complicated by bduerst on Wednesday October 13, 2021 @03:43PM (#28856641)
>Why are we so upset when people decide to refuse treatment?

The anecdotal evidence you gave (hospital abuse) is an outlier, not a norm.

A better question is, why wouldn't you be upset when a family member refuses life saving treatment, rationalized by disinformation?

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Re:Why “Trusting the Science” Is Complicated by iammisc on Thursday October 14, 2021 @12:53AM (#28860651)
> A better question is, why wouldn't you be upset when a family member refuses life saving treatment, rationalized by disinformation?

Because unless I'm the parents of a minor child, it's ultimately not my decision.

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