yeah, if you push someone out of the way of a vehicle, you could say (accurately) that they were about to die but now they’re right as rain. but when someone is about to die because of an ever increasingly worsening medical scenario that unfolded predictably (that’s a big part of it - the medical knowledge we possess being able to prevent the condition)… it’s not like being on death’s door will suddenly mean you’re back to normal without great effort, cost, suffering, and risk.
imagine applying that to any other medical condition “yeah your head hurts / it’s difficult to breathe / your toe is green / etc, but you aren’t about to die yet. come back when you’re brought in an ambulance”
yeah, if you push someone out of the way of a vehicle, you could say (accurately) that they were about to die but now they’re right as rain. but when someone is about to die because of an ever increasingly worsening medical scenario that unfolded predictably (that’s a big part of it - the medical knowledge we possess being able to prevent the condition)… it’s not like being on death’s door will suddenly mean you’re back to normal without great effort, cost, suffering, and risk.
imagine applying that to any other medical condition “yeah your head hurts / it’s difficult to breathe / your toe is green / etc, but you aren’t about to die yet. come back when you’re brought in an ambulance”