> I found the article interesting less as a damning of the medical system and more of a spiritual situation. None of us know when a freak random event will end us. It is a sobering reality
Should we say the same about potentially life-threatening defects in our food supply? "Mistakes happen, so it's not about fixing or preventing them, it's about spiritually accepting that you might get a bad can of meat and die." Obviously not.
> that still means 1/1000 will die. People play the lottery on far worse odds.
I don't play the lottery, though. But I can't choose whether or not I might need emergency care one day. So comparing odds to the lottery isn't useful. Make the odds as good as possible.
Should we say the same about potentially life-threatening defects in our food supply? "Mistakes happen, so it's not about fixing or preventing them, it's about spiritually accepting that you might get a bad can of meat and die." Obviously not.
> that still means 1/1000 will die. People play the lottery on far worse odds.
I don't play the lottery, though. But I can't choose whether or not I might need emergency care one day. So comparing odds to the lottery isn't useful. Make the odds as good as possible.