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The ethics of being a healthcare worker during a pandemic

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Hawkeye10

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Let us say for example that we have a new corona virus with an R0 of three....the medical system in America is collapsed because it can not function without supplies from China, and they have declared a national emergency and are keeping all production for themselves. I mean come on, the Chinese were always clear that they come first in an emergency, this was obviously going to be what happened, though our Failed Intelligentsia never figured it out. Then again how was this going to turn out differently...they almost always fail.

So you have a better than 70% chance of getting the bug since you dont have proper protection (it comes from China) , and since the medical system is kapot you have a 20% of dying if you catch it. You cant do anything for the the suffering medically because there are no drugs....they came from China once but no longer do...your mission has become to help people to die as they expect you to save them but you cant.....and this is not your fault....your leaders failed you.

Whaddy Do?

Why?


I dont have an answer because this is a question I am pondering but cant solve....the solution is not obvious to me. When are my obligations to the community and to my country and too my species end in order to save my own life, a life that was put in danger by a betrayal from my leaders?
 
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"This is not what I signed up for, this was not our deal, I never consented to be in this situation so now I am going to leave and try to save my own life...and F U U assholes who caused this" is where I am now.
 
Sorry, nobody here can take you seriously when you always scream wacky things like "failed intelligentsia" and use extreme hypotheticals like "the US healthcare system has collapsed". Medical workers do not have a 70% chance of catching Corona when using proper techniques so your entire premise is based on an emotional appeal and made up statistics.

If you try presenting a calm and logically grounded question you might get some serious responses.
 
RabidAlpaca said:
Sorry, nobody here can take you seriously when you always scream wacky things like "failed intelligentsia" and use extreme hypotheticals like "the US healthcare system has collapsed".

If you try presenting a calm and logically grounded question you might get some serious responses.
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I am not responsible for what others do....and besides....I am looking for a certain quality of person to help me.

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Coronavirus tests U.S. medical system's unhealthy reliance on China for drugs, supplies
The basic building blocks of U.S. health care are now under the control of the Chinese Communist Party.
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Coronavirus tests U.S. medical system'''s unhealthy reliance on China for drugs, supplies
 
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Angel said:
The best you can.

Because no one can do better than the best he can.
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How many people do their best anymore?

How many people anymore work at getting better?







We are so screwed.
 
Angel said:
Sad, but true.
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Jordan Peterson says something to the effect that if we try to get better each day we will almost certainly end up so smart that we will never believe it....because of our grand opportunities to learn....and because almost no one makes much effort that they keep up for long.
 
spud_meister said:
That's just one of the pitfalls of free-market healthcare. They buy supplies from the cheapest source. What's your alternative?
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Regulations of course.

I AM a socialist remember ,,,,of course I am fine with regulating the important things, we sure as **** should not be letting the profiteers decide such things!
 
Hawkeye10 said:
Jordan Peterson says something to the effect that if we try to get better each day we will almost certainly end up so smart that we will never believe it....because of our grand opportunities to learn....and because almost no one makes much effort that they keep up for long.
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I really like JP. He seems the real deal, unafraid to speak his mind, and with heavyweight intellectual chops.
 
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