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Jolly-Independence64 t1_j8avgjs wrote

From a standpoint of saving resources yes they should be. But these people aren’t suffering anymore. Their brain is so far gone that I imagine being bored isn’t something they have to worry about. If you can’t talk, or even swallow anymore, then I doubt you still have a functioning consciousness.

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[deleted] t1_j8av3qo wrote

Seems like a weird interpretation considering young people get all kind of mental conditions. I guess you're just not defining like depression, manic behavior or schizophrenia as cognitive impairment.... which comes of sounding weird to the layman perhaps?

I'm not surprised that a young person who can get schizophrenia can get Alzheimer's and have like this one reported cases shouldn't change perceptions much. That's how I interpret it at least. Plus you have young people born with learning disability and who get brain damage, it's not exactly an alien concept that young peoples minds get damaged very similar to adults.

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moyismoy t1_j8aqyz9 wrote

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