Provided we are talking about taxation not guillotines, it’s that really a problem? In Norway, a doctor doesn’t earn much more than a train ticket seller.

“Why study medicine”, you ask? “Self actualisation.” Is their answer. Remember, University is free in that system, so no student debt.

It could be argued that people are AGI. Are they always trustworthy?

This is true of public services. Society is always making choices which balance the level of service with the cost. If we wanted to save the maximum number of lives, there would be a hospital next to every home. We accept that some people, who could be saved, will die while they wait for an ambulance.

The latest first aid guidelines in Australia say to do EAR, but my employer’s training was to use a non rebreather and oxygen therapy with no breaths. Maybe that’s an advanced resuscitation thing. I think it dropping breaths happened during Covid.

A recent heart attack I was at where I worked on the patient with the ambulance (outside of work) also didn’t do breaths.

She did?

If you can get them at all. Everything seems disposable nowdays.

Nice. I love how 3d printing helps with sustainability.

Aspirin has entered chat.

I notice it when I’m dehydrated.

Paywall

and is about to require all posts be congruent with the US government standard of facts

OOTL here. What’s happened?

Yep. https://youtu.be/WfIRo92DyXA

Not an open-ended question. Locking.