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tracy's avatar

No no no no no no no. We need to stop pushing all this stuff it's so irritating! We don't NEED to live to 100 !!

There is zero justification for this obsession with living longer and longer and longer. It is better to focus on better fewer years than more crappier years!!!!

The mindset here is completely flawed.

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Steve Cheung's avatar

Wait what?!?

We practice medicine for only 2 reasons: to help people live longer, and/or feel better. That’s it. If we are not doing at least one of those 2 things, we are doing it wrong. This study shows one of those things….with the statistical caveat of having been stopped early.

Also, these are 59 year-olds on average. I think “living longer” is a fairly relevant goal to such a cohort.

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Mrs. Miau Miau's avatar

Disagree. Life is worth living. Even a suffering life has value. You are not God, you do not know what that 100 year old will be able to enjoy in their last days. Could be one more grandkid’s birthday, and that is enough.

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Mrs. Miau Miau's avatar

But I do agree that flu shots should be a choice. I refuse flu shots right now, but I could see myself being 99 and willing to risk acute reactions for the 35% chance of reduced flu severity.

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