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This is definitely in the “nice problems to have” ethics pile.



What? In the sense that better to have that problem than just already dead because ECMO doesn't exist, you mean?

Otherwise I can't think of any way it's at all nice, and that applies to any dilemma - you can always say 'oh well nice to have the option, better than only the bad lemma'!


I mean that countless people going forward will be saved by this. Some people will become ICU bound walking corpses. It’s an incredible technology that will have profound benefits for humanity.




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