Who should MDs let die in a pandemic? - Page 2

TheMercenary · 05-05-2008, 06:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Sundae Girl

You are kidding, right?
Referring to the nation that did all it could to prevent parents having more than one child?

One child policy!!!?!?!?! There's 1.25 BILLION OF THEM!

Magnitude and Growth. As the world's population surpassed 6 billion (6,000,000,000) in October 1999, China's population represented more than 1/5 of this total (20.8%) -- one out of every five people in the world lives in China. Today, China's population exceeds 1.25 billion (1,250,000,000), a number that continues to increase minute-by-minute on Beijing's official Ticking Population Clock:

http://afe.easia.columbia.edu/china/geog/population.htm

TheMercenary · 05-05-2008, 06:21 PM

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Originally Posted by HungLikeJesus

Don't you mean "Chinese's"?

yea, them.

Elspode · 05-05-2008, 06:22 PM

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Originally Posted by piercehawkeye45

Yes yes.

Ten women to every man.

As long as I'm one of those men....

Oh, great. So the post apocalyptic world is going to be filled with ten times the chores and bellyaching then?

footfootfoot · 05-05-2008, 07:44 PM

I didn't see ugly people on that list nor did I see the tackily dressed or the women with too much make up.

Sundae · 05-05-2008, 07:47 PM

Funny that. I didn't see shallow people on there either.

Elspode · 05-05-2008, 08:57 PM

I'm on there under that heading! I'm so shallow that a walk through the river of my soul would scarcely wet your feet!

regular.joe · 05-05-2008, 09:13 PM

I think that after a worldwide pandemic, the kind of thing that kills a huge portion of the human race and leaves nothing left of society as we now know it......things will sort themselves out.

TheMercenary · 05-05-2008, 09:33 PM

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Originally Posted by regular.joe

I think that after a worldwide pandemic, the kind of thing that kills a huge portion of the human race and leaves nothing left of society as we now know it......things will sort themselves out.

It will have to be a big one before we get to that point. Or one where we have no immunization plan. It is quite possible. Ten infected people on ten different airplanes all landing in ten different countries over the course of a few weeks. Yea, it could get bad fast.

footfootfoot · 05-05-2008, 10:28 PM

And stinky pooters and pee pee diters

regular.joe · 05-05-2008, 10:45 PM

huhwha?

Ibby · 05-05-2008, 11:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Ibram

Women and children first!

...wait a sec...

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Originally Posted by TheMercenary

Women and children should be protected to preserve civilization. You can't breed em without the women.

I don't think you get it, merc...

"Who should MDs let die in a pandemic?"

"Women and children first!"

lumberjim · 05-05-2008, 11:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Sundae Girl

Anyway - I have voluntarily ceased to breed.
Can I have my medal now please?

I know what you're sayin'.....I've decided not to be the quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys.

I've also decide not to be a porn star......I'm afraid my wang would get tired or sore.....

gotta live my life the way i want to.

Trilby · 05-06-2008, 08:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Elspode

I'm so shallow that a walk through the river of my soul would scarcely wet your feet!

When the time comes, I want to be one of Elspode's ten women.

(bruce, I will sneak back and forth between you two so no worries, K?)

smoothmoniker · 05-06-2008, 11:47 AM

Two thoughts:

1) This kind of list makes very logical sense when medical care is a limited commodity, and the goal is to preserve the most (by number saved) and most enduring (by probable remaining time) human life. The other alternatives are to allocate those limited resources by luck (whoever they get to first) or by power (whoever can insist on being treated, by force or by money).

2) Medical care is always a limited commodity.

sweetwater · 05-06-2008, 02:45 PM

I am going to guess that the lack of any official guidelines for medical personnel in post-Katrina hospitals led to the creation of this panel and its report. It does sound heartless. But not brainless.

05-05-2008, 07:44 PM	#19
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	I didn't see ugly people on that list nor did I see the tackily dressed or the women with too much make up. __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

05-05-2008, 07:47 PM	#20
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Funny that. I didn't see shallow people on there either. __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

05-05-2008, 08:57 PM	#21
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	I'm on there under that heading! I'm so shallow that a walk through the river of my soul would scarcely wet your feet! __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

05-05-2008, 09:13 PM	#22
regular.joe Старый сержант Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: NC, dreaming of large Russian women. Posts: 1,464	I think that after a worldwide pandemic, the kind of thing that kills a huge portion of the human race and leaves nothing left of society as we now know it......things will sort themselves out. __________________ Birth, wealth, and position are valueless during wartime. Man is only judged by his character --Soldier's Testament. Death, like birth, is a secret of Nature. - Marcus Aurelius.

05-05-2008, 10:28 PM	#24
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	And stinky pooters and pee pee diters __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

05-05-2008, 10:45 PM	#25
regular.joe Старый сержант Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: NC, dreaming of large Russian women. Posts: 1,464	huhwha? __________________ Birth, wealth, and position are valueless during wartime. Man is only judged by his character --Soldier's Testament. Death, like birth, is a secret of Nature. - Marcus Aurelius.

05-06-2008, 11:47 AM	#29
smoothmoniker to live and die in LA Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 2,090	Two thoughts: 1) This kind of list makes very logical sense when medical care is a limited commodity, and the goal is to preserve the most (by number saved) and most enduring (by probable remaining time) human life. The other alternatives are to allocate those limited resources by luck (whoever they get to first) or by power (whoever can insist on being treated, by force or by money). 2) Medical care is always a limited commodity. __________________ to live and die in LA

05-06-2008, 02:45 PM	#30
sweetwater lives inside a Mobius strip Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 1,120	I am going to guess that the lack of any official guidelines for medical personnel in post-Katrina hospitals led to the creation of this panel and its report. It does sound heartless. But not brainless. __________________ I knew I shoulda taken that left turn at Albuquerque! - Bugs Bunny

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