Saving AID's patients...what's the point?

Question

A child is born with a congenital heart defect, and will be in and out of the hospital until he/she is 20-30 years old and dies, and quite possibly will have a child/children with the same genetic defect, yet by all accounts, this child never should have made it out of the gate, perpetuating wholesale misery.

A momzilla brings her child to the doctor every 2 months for a bacterial infection, only for nature to get its game on, producing a super-strain of bacteria(which leaves the host) of which is totally resistant to any for of treatment.

AIDS Virus...how many get the disease(and get extended treatement prolonging death) only to pass it onto others when they should have died. Studies are now showing massive amounts of AIDS patients which refuse to even let their partners know they have the disease, have unprotected sex.

I think Natures non-PC example is best. The strongest and smartest survive, the rest die, and don't pass off disease to the living.

Answer 1

I think the point is included in the Hippocratic Oath. Disease will happen, no matter what. It happens in "nature," too. I think every person deserves medical attention, just like we deserve food and water.

BTW, one congenital heart defect will not perpetuate "wholesale misery." But killing off every sick kid who might pass on their disease will. I assume you haven't heard much about Josef Mengele and Nazi "eugenics." Their policies sound a lot like yours. And what happens when you catch a cold? Or when your child is born with a congenital heart defect (which, btw, are rarely passed on to future generations)? Would you watch your child die without medical treatment?

Answer 2

what do you really think every person who has an incurable disease ask for it do you think people with AIDS want to die or sometime some people with AIDS don't even know until it is to late and they already infected several people this is something people need more education on and need to have a heart have you ever saw a child a baby new born that is going to die before they are 5 never to see life because the mother didn't know she had the virus that is really sad that you would make judgment on these people who are dying any way some are very responsible in their actions but there are some who aren't but there is going to be a time when we all face death through disease of any sort or just plain natural causes or old age lets see what you think when your dying and people miss treat you or are judgmental (you could taken better care of yourself why did you do that when you were young (just some examples)). don't worry so much about what other people do but worry about how much education you are recieving from life, books, and people.

Answer 3

I actually agree. I do also disagree.
I think part of nature's plan was that genetic 'defects' would not survive and thus be removed from the gene pool.
Modern medicine has also caused 'super bugs' in the treatment of things that we could either defeat ourselfs or would kill us.
However I think the fact that society and medicine has evolved and we CAN save these people it would be un-ethical to leave them to a 'survival of the fitest' mentality. It's differnt when the option to save them isn't there, and while I agree that nature had a survival of fittest and there would be certain benifits to it, we now have technology to save people and I think it would be insanely cruel to deny people treatment.

As for people who refuse to tell their partner, well here in new zealand awhile back we had a guy who was taken to court for not letting his gf know of his HIV status and having unprotected sex on several occasions with people. I can't remember what he ws charged for. Anyway there are plenty of people who are careful and it just goes to say you can't 100% trust people and you should always use a condom.

Answer 4

Whats up with you? Did something happen to make you so bitter? Alot of people are dying from alot of things. Alot of stuff is being passed on from partner to partner and some even cause birth defects. People who have aids deserve the same medical treatment as you would need it. You need to relax a little bit because you seem to be taking on a role that doesnt belong to you.

Answer 5

What an incredibly cruel and inhumane question.

Following your 'logic' - Sure, let's deny drugs to all the cancer patients too. And Alzheimer's. After all, they are genetically predisposed to a disease.

Please give us some FACTS and links about "massive amounts of AIDS patients" passing on the disease intentionally. Or could one guess this part is part of your cruel imagination as well?

Many, many people with AIDS in the US work jobs and are productive. They, along with other people with chronic and life-threatening diseases, deserve to receive all the medication [and compassion] we can muster until cures come along.

I pray that you may never have to be subjected to the cruelty you promote.

Answer 6

Well, when I was 7, I should have died from a burst appendix.

So, because I know I shouldn't be here, and would probably pass it on to a grandkid (since a grandmother had it), I didn't have kids.

Answer 7

You sounds really cold. You make it sound like all people that have a noncurable disease should die. Right now you don't even sound humane.
Life is precious, and they want to live! It's just that simple. No one wants to die.

Answer 8

If nature truly wanted humans to die, then it wouldn't have provided the material needed to make life saving medicines and chemicals, now would it?

Answer 9

You are a heartless person. You have an icebox where your heart used to be. Nobody wants to die.

Answer 10

You sound very heartless. Try thinking about the feelings of others...