Re:Wealthy People Are Getting Full-Body Scans. Early Detecti...
by MengerSponge on Friday August 25, 2023 @05:07PM
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Again, for the people in the back: There's no such thing as minor surgery.
Every surgical procedure carries a real risk, which amortizes over the population of billions of people into thousands to millions of complications and deaths. That's the cost, and an intervention has to be good enough to justify that cost. Vaccines are good enough for that. Some types of cancer screening is good enough for that. Popping yourself in a full-body scan for a fishing expedition? Almost certainly not.
The result of this product is that a few more very rich people will die a bit sooner than they would have otherwise. Whether or not you think that's an upside is up to you and your personal politics.
Every surgical procedure carries a real risk, which amortizes over the population of billions of people into thousands to millions of complications and deaths. That's the cost, and an intervention has to be good enough to justify that cost. Vaccines are good enough for that. Some types of cancer screening is good enough for that. Popping yourself in a full-body scan for a fishing expedition? Almost certainly not.
The result of this product is that a few more very rich people will die a bit sooner than they would have otherwise. Whether or not you think that's an upside is up to you and your personal politics.