Posted on 11/09/2020 1:27:21 PM PST by yesthatjallen
This morning, President-elect Biden announced that his coronavirus task force would include Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel, chair of the Department of Medical Ethics and Health Policy at the University of Pennsylvania.
In a 2014 essay in The Atlantic, Emanuel, explained why he hoped to die at age 75, and why he finds the idea of living past that date to be morally problematic:
"Here is a simple truth that many of us seem to resist: living too long is also a loss. It renders many of us, if not disabled, then faltering and declining, a state that may not be worse than death but is nonetheless deprived. It robs us of our creativity and ability to contribute to work, society, the world. It transforms how people experience us, relate to us, and, most important, remember us. We are no longer remembered as vibrant and engaged but as feeble, ineffectual, even pathetic.
By the time I reach 75, I will have lived a complete life. I will have loved and been loved. My children will be grown and in the midst of their own rich lives. I will have seen my grandchildren born and beginning their lives. I will have pursued my life’s projects and made whatever contributions, important or not, I am going to make. And hopefully, I will not have too many mental and physical limitations. Dying at 75 will not be a tragedy.
Once I have lived to 75, my approach to my health care will completely change. I won’t actively end my life. But I won’t try to prolong it, either. Today, when the doctor recommends a test or treatment, especially one that will extend our lives, it becomes incumbent upon us to give a good reason why we don’t want it. The momentum of medicine and family means we will almost invariably get it…"
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Dr. Final Solution for the elderly.
“morally” problematic?
Is this the Biden/Harris concept of “morality”?
Damn, Dr Death and his brother are back to cause destruction
You croak first Zeke and China Jo will follow ya
Another good reason among many to be glad Biden lost the election.
Emmanuel comes across as someone who’s been trained in how to conduct human experimentation.
Odd that he makes it sound like he will have a choice (if they get what they want).
Why wait? Kill yourself now ahole!
My dad was an invalid by the time he was 83.
Age only tells part of the tale.
He’s nuts. I do 10ks with people in their late seventies and have run 5Ks with people in their eighties.
yep.
But no worries, they’ll then reregister as Democrats!
Hey Doc, nothing stopping you from killing yourself - lead by example.
The Soylent Green New Deal.
The Corona virus was specifically engineered to do exactly what emmanual suggests....
Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr are 78 and 80. Still actively touring, creating music and looking remarkable, for their ages. Good thing they didn’t get the memo. No, we won’t discuss Paul’s voice, though.
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