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Author: Luo Naizhi
2021-02-05 18:00
Last update date: 2021-02-05 18:00
Longevity was rare in the past, but depending on the development of science, human life expectancy is getting longer.
Interestingly, experts believe that the extension of human life may have reached its limit and it is difficult to move forward, but the reality is that it has repeatedly brushed records.
Demographer Jim Oeppen believes that since about 1840, the average life expectancy has increased by one year every four years in the countries with the fastest progress in longevity.
Longevity, is it a blessing or a curse?
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French economist Jacques Attali stated in "The Next Fifteen Years", "By 2030, the trend of the world’s population will become more serious: the average age of the world’s population will rise from 29 to 32; the elderly will make up the total The proportion of the population will rise from 12% to 18%." Population aging is a trend in many developed countries, and it is a problem that every stakeholder in society must face.
Although, the "Human Rights in Europe and America?"
The "news" quoted in "Let the Old Man Die" is not true, but the moral debate behind it cannot be ignored.
The aging of the population is a trend in many developed countries and a problem that every stakeholder in society must face.
(Associated Press)
If there is only one ventilator, who should be treated?
The New York Times published an article in March last year, entitled "If there is only one ventilator, who should it be used?
"(Who Should Be Saved First? Experts Offer Ethical Guidance), the story originated from an old priest in Italy who gave out the ventilator purchased by the diocese and transferred it to young patients. A few days later, the priest's condition deteriorated and died.
Of course, the priest’s spirit of great love is worthy of promotion, but in the context of a hospital, if there is only one ventilator, who should he treat?
The author of the article and associate professor of Boston University School of Public Health, Austin Frakt, tried to raise this ethical dilemma. It is that European and American countries will inevitably play the role of "utilitarianism" in the new crown epidemic and when resources are scarce. Get rescue (see table).
The "utilitarianism" mentioned here is the principle of maximizing benefits. As long as the maximum benefit can be created for the whole and the relative damage can be minimized, it is the right principle.
As mentioned above, because the elderly are less responsive to drug treatment than younger patients, the easiest way is to use this medically proven principle. After all, no one can continuously enjoy public medical resources.
If it is true, isn't it the fake news mentioned at the beginning of the article, and its argument is tenable?
For details, please read the full text of the "Hong Kong 01" weekly electronic journal.
The above excerpt was recorded in the 251st issue of "Hong Kong 01" Weekly (February 1, 2021) "Elderly people have no "medicine" under the epidemic". If you want to read the full text, please
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Selected content of 251 issue of "Hong Kong 01" Weekly News:
[Cover story] Elite thinking dominates the traditional economy to clamp down on Hong Kong’s talent strategy dilemma
Beijing's policy of governing Hong Kong is shifting from "struggle" to "reform"
Why is "consultation theory" included in the Basic Law?
"Election" may not be better than "negotiation"
After the reflection of the GME war, who will pay the bill after the bloodbath on Wall Street?
"Kaishou" listed on the new and old economy at HKU
Under the epidemic, the elderly have no way to "medicate"
[Technology.
In the future] new variants will become normal, new coronary pneumonia will eventually become endemic
Gospel of the infertile and "alternative golden egg"?
U.S. fertility industry has huge business opportunities
Buy back public transit agencies to reduce commuting costs
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