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Re:It's Getting Harder to Die by dralley on Saturday June 29, 2024 @01:40PM (#40832228)
> some independence in daily activities

"some" is doing a lot of work in this sentence. Recovering enough to have "at least some" independence after several months is not a great outcome. That very likely means lifelong daily care is required.

Re:It's Getting Harder to Die by anonymouskimmer on Saturday June 29, 2024 @02:10PM (#40832428)
I know. That objection was brought up in the first article I read on this issue. Still, depending on the care required, it's pretty bad to imply that someone is better off dead.

And 7% of the study subjects recovered completely.

Re:It's Getting Harder to Die by amanaplanacanal on Saturday June 29, 2024 @05:53PM (#40833568)
The idea of living long term, near death, while medical expenses slowly eat away the savings I would prefer to leave to my loved ones makes me very unhappy.
Re:It's Getting Harder to Die by anonymouskimmer on Saturday June 29, 2024 @09:15PM (#40834474)
The general idea here is to wait longer than 72 hours before making the decision.