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But is it really, HM? 1 death in how many (I don't honestly know the rates for TB,) versus more than 1 in 100 significantly brain-damaged? I do agree there must be a tradeoff line somewhere, but I think most people are sorely underinformed about where that tradeoff line realistically lies. Autism is better than death, I've said that before, having watched a friend of mine lose her newborn baby. But how many autistic kids equal one death? Or any of the lesser consequences of disease? I've actually given this some thought, and to me, autism is worse than anything except being dead, blind, or quadriplegic. I would gladly trade deafness, for example, or the (painless) loss of a limb, if it meant my children could have their brains back.
Which would you rather be, Stephen Hawking, or Terry Schiavo?
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