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Jerusalem
@JerusalemDemsas
This is a good point -- seems if you qualify for MAID you should automatically qualify for literally any experimental treatment.
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Ruxandra Teslo 🧬
@RuxandraTeslo
I have a curiosity: why is it the case that it is easier to get MAID in Canada than it is to access experimental treatments which carry a higher risk? In the past, I used to think ppl do not like "deaths caused by the medical system", but for MAID the prob of death is 100%...
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@MariGO2thepolls
Only good argument I’ve heard against “right to try” or pharmaceutical freedom in general is that it would be more difficult to run clinical trials. Who’s gonna risk being in a placebo group if they can just buy the treatment
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JB
@jaybee484
Seems like you should automatically qualify to get on a waiting list for an experimental treatment - but there may be limitations (funding, availability of experimental drugs, timing, etc) to how many people can participate in a study
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HeRocksInALab
@rocks_lab
Sure, people should have access to experimental therapies, but aren't the overwhelming majority of people choosing MAID those who've already run out of treatment options and are on death's door?
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Xavier Moss
@xav_moss
Why? MAID isn't a substitute for treatment, it's a substitute for doing nothing and waiting for death. That's just saying 'all treatments should automatically be available to all patients.' Nothing to do with MAID.
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J Barnes
@jbarnes1223
I mean qualifying for experimental treatment should be easier but anyone applying for MAID should obviously be perpetually blocked from experimental treatments/trials.
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readwith
@readwithai
Because you want to stop getting tortured. You have to realise that medicine turns death in permanent disability and torture and permanent disability into torture. I view the current situation as doctors deciding when people should die and then terminally sedating them
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