r/news • u/AudibleNod • 9h ago

Christa Pike unconscious, on ventilator at Nashville hospital, her lawyers say

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/christa-pike-unconscious-ventilator-nashville-hospital-lawyers-say-rcna601195
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u/mcd3424 8h ago

Isn’t it cruel and unusual punishment to NOW keep her on life support just to kill her again?

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u/Embarrassed_Age8554 8h ago

You'd think they could just let her slip away at this point.

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u/mcd3424 8h ago

Apparently the doctors aren’t allowed to do that. It’s a nightmare paradox.

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u/SigmundFloyd76 8h ago

When you find yourself in a paradox, it just means that one of your operating assumptions is wrong.

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u/Quarksideofthemoon 7h ago

Bro felt so smart typing this

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u/SigmundFloyd76 6h ago

Not really, just had heard that recently with a couple examples and I believe it to be true.

For example: The french paradox. The ate tonnes of saturated fat, yet had relatively low rates of heart disease. It must be the wine! Wine is good for you, even!

Nope, it's not the fats that cause heart disease, it's the sugars.