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Why hasn't the hardware failsafe for overdoses become mandatory? Why don't we apply defense-in-depth to all worst-case scenarios involving deadly things?

Of course, sometimes hospitals aren't logical, air circulation between rooms comes to mind. And here, I'm sure everyone just trusts the machines because they paid a lot of money for them and it's always worked in the past ...



> Why hasn't the hardware failsafe for overdoses become mandatory? Why don't we apply defense-in-depth to all worst-case scenarios involving deadly things?

Because money




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