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by automatic6131 1126 days ago
>Ketamine is a life-saver

Anyone who talks in such terms shouldn't have their opinions on medicine listened to. There's a reason that medicine typically sticks to such terms as QALY (quality adjusted life year) and other such terms to produce the best outcomes in a resource constrained environment.

By your reasoning, many things are "life savers", but not every intervention is equal, is it?

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> >Ketamine is a life-saver

> Anyone who talks in such terms shouldn't have their opinions on medicine listened to.

Criticizing hyperbole by using hyperbole is a questionable strategy.