Your right, the science of health care has come a long way, but at what cost?
It might sound mean, but what has happened is that there are now a lot of people living that would have otherwise not have been living in years past. Now this might be a good thing when taken only in the context of human emotion, as no one wants to see a loved one die. However when you get to the practicality of the situation, where does that leave us?
Basically we've got folks in such bad health that they wish they were dead (and in years past would be) being kept alive mainly because their relatives don't want them to die. I know one comment made below to Bison's post talks about all of us learning from the older generation, but that's nothing more than a 'feel good thought' for most now days as 99.999% of the population couldn't care less about the ways things use to be. In fact many would happily disavow their ancestors that owned slaves, weren't PC when it came to things like Bruce Jenner's 'transformation', etc, etc. In other words many of these folks are kept going long after they should have been gone, simply because their loved ones can't accept the idea of death, and are selfish enough to keep that person alive.
In a more general thought, it has allowed the world to become grossly overpopulated. This results in more and more crop lands needed to keep every one fed. When the land runs out then we jump to the wonder chemicals to help the crops grown, and then on to the genetically modified seeds to allow more faster growth in a smaller area, and on, and on. I'm sure there's more, but you get the idea.
The whole situation works out to less 'quality of life' both for the healthy and the sick. The sickly often times wish they were dead, but health science keeps them going. On the other hand the healthy are now working harder to pay the insurance and/or medical bills for the sickly, they are working harder trying to provide the resources to keep an out of control population, that just keeps growing, taken care of with resources that just keep shrinking.
In the end, where is the true quality of life for anyone now days? I helped raise a special needs child that's nearing 20 (((althought he'll never be more than maybe 7 in his mind, in many ways)))), and just graduated high school (got his special ed completion certificate), that in years past would have never made it past infancy due to being born nearly 3 months pre-mature. My daughter now was born extremely premature, and would have probably have not made it in years past, but now is going on 13, and is healthy and normal in every way. What I am getting at is I well know, and value the care available to us with modern medicine, as I have personally seen what it can do. However, in the long run, I worry about what kind of life the little boy will ever be able to have when the adults in his life are dead and gone, as he will never be able to function completely on his own. I love him to death, but truly feel sorry for him later in his life. The same with my daughter. I love her, but with the way society is, with the way thngs are going, I often worry about what her life will be like as she reaches my age, 47 or if she makes it to 74 what will things be like then?
Like I said, it might sound mean, non-PC, or whatever, I don't care. Thing is medicine has come a long way, and has been the cause of some 'miracles' when it comes to allowing folks to live that would have died in years past, but again, at what cost to that person, their family, and society in general, did it happen?
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