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A doctor and medical ethicist argues life after 75 is not worth living (Ezekiel Emanuel keeps at it)
MIT Technology Review ^ | August 21, 2019 | Stephen S. Hall

Posted on 08/30/2019 4:17:31 AM PDT by DoodleBob

In October 2014, Ezekiel Emanuel published an essay in the Atlantic called “Why I Hope to Die at 75.” Because Emanuel is a medical doctor and chair of the University of Pennsylvania’s department of medical ethics and health policy, as well as a chief architect of Obamacare, the article stirred enormous controversy.

Emanuel vowed to refuse not only heroic medical interventions once he turned 75, but also antibiotics and vaccinations. His argument: older Americans live too long in a diminished state, raising the question of, as he put it, “whether our consumption is worth our contribution.”

Emanuel was born into a combative clan. One brother, Rahm, recently completed two terms as the controversial mayor of Chicago; another brother, Ari, is a high-profile Hollywood agent. But even given his DNA, Emanuel’s death wish was a provocative argument from a medical ethicist and health-care expert.

Emanuel, now 62, talked with me about the social implications of longevity research and why he isn’t a fan of extending life spans. I was particularly curious to get his reaction to several promising new anti-aging drugs.

(Excerpt) Read more at technologyreview.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: deathcamps4goyim; deathpanels; life; longevity; obamacare; oldage
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1 posted on 08/30/2019 4:17:31 AM PDT by DoodleBob
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To: DoodleBob

The complete lives system eugenicist speaks.

How old is HE?


2 posted on 08/30/2019 4:19:23 AM PDT by combat_boots (God bless Israel and all who protect and defend her! Merry Christmas! In God We Trust!)
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To: combat_boots

61. Global warming will destroy the Earth by then.


3 posted on 08/30/2019 4:22:58 AM PDT by EEGator
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To: DoodleBob

Is it ironic that the euthanizing-eugenicist is a Jew?
Didn’t that work against them at some point in history?...


4 posted on 08/30/2019 4:24:44 AM PDT by EEGator
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To: EEGator

OK

I have been reading right and left about all kinds of anti-aging research and new drugs/protocols. The elite want to live forever.


5 posted on 08/30/2019 4:26:14 AM PDT by combat_boots (God bless Israel and all who protect and defend her! Merry Christmas! In God We Trust!)
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To: DoodleBob
What an idiot! I'm just turning 74 and despite the creeping evidences of getting older, I am happy, fulfilled, productive and loved.

Only Lefties hate life. The doctor needs to go to church more often.

6 posted on 08/30/2019 4:26:36 AM PDT by Chainmail (Remember that half the people you meet are below average intelligence)
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To: combat_boots

Ezekiel is the kind of person who has enjoyed NOTHING in his worthless life.

There is much to enjoy if you are not consumed by hatred.

What a family the Emanuels were at holiday time.

Avoid this kind of people like the plague. They have nothing to offer but GLOOM AND DOOM.

Pretty sad for them.


7 posted on 08/30/2019 4:27:10 AM PDT by Maris Crane
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To: DoodleBob
hey, Emanuel

8 posted on 08/30/2019 4:27:17 AM PDT by Chode (Send bachelors, and come heavily armed!)
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Wow, he brings up useless eaters again.


9 posted on 08/30/2019 4:27:38 AM PDT by SpirituTuo
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To: combat_boots

He probably gets blood transfusions and stem cell injections.
Take care of your mitochondria and you should live longer...


10 posted on 08/30/2019 4:28:27 AM PDT by EEGator
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To: DoodleBob

Speak for your self you Democrat Communist slug.


11 posted on 08/30/2019 4:30:05 AM PDT by Lion Den Dan
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Devaluing human life in terms of economics. How long before the measurement of IQ determines who shall live or die? Hitler loved ideas like this.


12 posted on 08/30/2019 4:30:06 AM PDT by Spok
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Quick. Lets get this article to RBG....


13 posted on 08/30/2019 4:31:17 AM PDT by Kozak (DIVERSITY+PROXIMITY=CONFLICT)
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To: DoodleBob

I’m well over that age, and let be the first to say this guy is full of shit!


14 posted on 08/30/2019 4:31:45 AM PDT by GoldenPup
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To: DoodleBob

And is he giving this advice to RBG? What a jerk.


15 posted on 08/30/2019 4:31:51 AM PDT by neverevergiveup
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To: DoodleBob

Why wait?


16 posted on 08/30/2019 4:32:05 AM PDT by bwest
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If this “doc” would keep his flabby ass in good physical shape, perhaps he wouldn’t need any medication at 75.


17 posted on 08/30/2019 4:32:38 AM PDT by RoosterRedux
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To: combat_boots

“How old is HE?”
He’s 62.
What the Hell does he know? He has very low expectations for himself.
According to this fool, I have nothing left to live for.
Well, this past year, I filed for 6 patents, published a physics textbook and I’m working on another.
Two days ago, I phoned my aunt who was out jogging at the time. She’s in her 90s.
I wouldn’t to a word that comes out of the mouth of Ezekiel Emanuel. He’s a moron not worthy of an intelligent audience.


18 posted on 08/30/2019 4:32:48 AM PDT by BuffaloJack (Chivalry is not dead. It is a warriors code and only practiced by warriors.)
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The Left continues to declare that there is no God; therefore, they are gods deciding when life should be created (abortion) and when life should end (75). They believe they can control the planet and have determined they are the Supreme beings.

This is the great delusion. No different than the Garden where the serpent declared “eat and you will be like God”.


19 posted on 08/30/2019 4:33:03 AM PDT by Obadiah
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Hey Emanuel, now 62,....Baldy.....you young punk

With that attitude you are not going to make old bones.

Better get in shape...Here's a couple of clues:

and

Lessons on food, life and longevity from the Greek island of Ikaria, the island of longevity....where people forget to die.

Enjoy ...Spokeshave (age 77)

20 posted on 08/30/2019 4:34:12 AM PDT by spokeshave (If anything, Trump is guilty of attempting to obstruct injustice.)
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