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In response to "“Some of them will get sick, some may even die, I don’t know.” -- (link)" by ty97

Even anyone is that callous, why can they not see the difference between a death on the road and a death in a hospital bed using a ventilator? -- nm

Posted by Max Mar 25 '20, 09:40

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The car crash is in some ways worse - no warning and the person is gone -- nm* - JackDawson Mar 25, 10:20 3
- What I mean is the deceased goes to the morgue, not the hospital care. In a financial crisis the concern is a run on the banks - Max Mar 25, 10:24 2
  - How many deadly crashes happen in a city in a day, how about 500 times as many -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 26, 01:19
  - I fully agree with you on these points -- nm - JackDawson Mar 25, 10:26
And also, if I drive past a car crash, I'm not going to catch a car crash a week later. -- nm - loosilu Mar 25, 09:59 2
- Right what is morally repugnant to humans is selecting who dies. We prefer the wheel spin randomly and pick 40,000 random car crash victims. But the t - JackDawson Mar 25, 10:25
- And the mechanic who works on a damaged car doesn't become more likely to be in a crash himself. -- nm - mara Mar 25, 10:04
And also not see the difference between a death on the road and an inevitable million car pile up if the road isn't closed for a while. -- nm - pmb Mar 25, 09:57
And even then, it's not like we say, "Hey go crazy out there on the road and drive like a lunatic!" -- nm - Dark Callisto Mar 25, 09:53 4
- In the extreme examples it’s do you kill an innocent baby in the cradle to save one million lives? What about 10? Contra, do you lose 200 million jobs - JackDawson Mar 25, 10:23 2
  - But it's not an A/B choice - Reagen Mar 25, 10:28 1
    - I don’t think I’m saying it’s A/B of course it isn’t. I’m just saying that the pearl clutching over lives will be lost is silly. Everyone is saying th - JackDawson Mar 25, 10:32
- Well that’s the thing. We accept death because we can minimize it and control it. The point is a good point if crass. They teach it in my law school a - JackDawson Mar 25, 10:22

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