True. But speeding up the search for a treatment saves many future people. The e...

		londons_explore on July 22, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: I am dying of squamous cell carcinoma, and potenti... True. But speeding up the search for a treatment saves many future people. The ethical tradeoff between definitely saving a life now or probably saving many lives later is an age old problem, but one which society hasn't properly converted into laws and processes in medicine.