Medical Ethics & Health debate motions

"Moralised journalism" refers to media outlets taking an explicit moral or values-driven approach in their reporting. Such outlets would take a clear and consistent stance on the issues they cover. This may include coverage that emphasises moral outrage, the use of emotionally charged language, and links to broader social narratives.

An organic encounter in dating is the act of meeting a potential partner naturally in the real world, without the assistance of apps, websites, or algorithms. These meetings typically occur spontaneously during everyday life, such as being introduced by a mutual friend, striking up a conversation at a coffee shop, or connecting through a shared hobby.

Slow journalism is a news model that prioritises depth, verification, and long-form investigation over rapid, real-time updates. It produces fewer, more thoroughly researched stories, avoiding breaking-news style reporting.

Commercial organ selling refers to the legal buying and selling of human organs (such as kidneys or liver segments) for transplantation, typically involving financial compensation for the donor.

A conciliatory measure is an action, gesture, or policy intended to reduce tension, settle a dispute, or win over an opposing party. E.g amnesty and political concessions. Belligerent measures refer to hostile, aggressive, or warlike actions taken by a state. E.g increased military productions and forced conscription.

The July Revolution was a mass popular student-led uprising that ousted Bangladesh's ruling Awami League government and led to the establishment of a politically neutral interim government. The student organisers of the uprising have since occupied important positions within the interim government and founded the National Citizen's Committee (Jatiyo Nagorik Committee), a non- affiliated platform aimed at "building a democractic Bangladesh". Many of the student organisers were previously involved in political organising under the banners of various political parties.

Medicalization is the process of defining a phenomenon through medical language in order to categorize it as one that can be treated by medical services (eg. gender affirming services).

In the status quo, individuals have the option to either sign up to be an organ donor where, once they die, their organs are made available to be used by ones who might be able to use them or an individual can opt out as well from donating their organ.

A minor means someone under 18 years old (a child or teenager who is not yet an adult). In many countries, parents normally make the final decision about their child's medical treatment (like surgery or medicine)

An unhealthy lifestyle includes poor diet, lack of exercise, and harmful habits like smoking or excessive alcohol consumption. This often leads to serious health issues such as obesity and heart disease.

Conscious non-consent is a practice in which medical professionals acknowledge that a patient has refused a particular treatment or procedure in the past but proceed to administer said treatment or procedure anyway because it is necessary to preserve the patient's life (e.g. blood transfusions, resuscitation).

US state medical boards are responsible for licencing doctors and investigating complaints made against them. Where a doctor is found to have committed malpractice, the board is empowered to discipline them, including through the suspension or revocation of their medical licences.

A 'public option' healthcare system involves the government directly providing public healthcare for vulnerable members of the population (poor people, disabled people, old people etc) for free. The rest of the population may choose to buy into that public system for a fee. A 'single payer' healthcare system involves the government directly providing public healthcare for the entire population.

The Golden Triangle is a hotbed of criminal activity at the border of Laos, China, Thailand, and Myanmar. It is one of the world's largest drug trafficking corridors both into and out of China, hosting scam centers, illegal gambling operations, and human trafficking dens. Most illicit activity is centered in a Special Economic Zone protected by Laos' government where large organised crime groups from Mainland China are allowed to operate casinos, some of which are rumored to have ties to high-ranking CCP officials. The Thai army polices the border both to curtail crime and to secure its territorial claim.

The year is 1912. You have just completed 8 years of education to obtain your medical degree and surgical license. You are looking forward to a lifetime of operating on patients to save lives, as that is a dream you've had since early childhood, one of your deep passions. Fresh out of med-school, the first job you get is to be a medic on RMS Titanic. You bring your only child along with you for a trip to New York while your wife stays at home, eagerly waiting for your safe return. Four days into the voyage the Titanic hits an iceberg that causes it to start sinking. All chaos breaks loose when it is discovered that there are not enough lifeboats to carry all passengers. In the midst of all the people pushing and shoving to get a spot on a lifeboat, your son gets heavily injured. Due to the extent of his injuries, your son is refused a spot on the lifeboat because they are prioritizing healthy passengers with a higher chance of survival. You yourself however, get offered a spot on the last lifeboat because the passengers said they'll have a higher chance of survival with a doctor onboard. You are aware the Titanic has sent out a distress signal calling on other ships to come help, however you do not know whether or not anyone has answered the call.

Food aid involves the direct distribution of food products to individuals or communities in need through food banks, community programs, etc. Cash aid involves directly providing financial assistance to individuals or households either directly through their bank accounts or through the accounts of intermediary NGOs.

Religious Syncretism is the practice of blending cultural/religious indigenous practices with different religious beliefs (for example, the Catholic Church merging traditional saints with local deities in Latin America). Religious Independence is the belief that one's religion must remain tied to a unique set of religious teachings that contain the truth about humanity and divinity.

Active euthanasia is where proactive steps are taken to hasten someone's death with the aim of minimizing suffering. Non-voluntary euthanasia involves patients not competent to consent (e.g., those in a coma, with dementia, etc.), where someone else consents to hastening their death. If a patient has (while competent) officially filed an "advance directive" about hastening their death under their current health circumstances, then this is NOT a case of non-voluntary euthanasia.

'Medical negligence' refers to the failure of a carer to provide a standard level of care, resulting in harm or injury to a patient. This could include forgetting to administer medication, choosing a different treatment plan than what was prescribed, or breaching duty of care.

'Resume padding' of charity refers to the strategic involvement of individuals, particularly students, in charitable activities with the primary goal of enhancing their resumes rather than a genuine desire to contribute to the cause. This practice has become increasingly common among students seeking to bolster their college applications, as admissions committees often view participation in charity work favourably.

Some examples of the changes of lifestyle can be, including but not limited to, vegan diets, limited air travel, recycling, reusing, and composting, etc. Some examples of organizational and/or institutional responsibility can be, including but not limited to, carbon capture technologies, reducing pollution, waste, natural resource consumption, and emissions through its manufacturing process, as applicable, etc.

Medical staff may opt out of providing treatments on religious or ethical grounds, such as objections to procedures like abortions or medications that conflict with their beliefs. For example, some may object to certain procedures such as abortions or assisted suicide, on the basis of religious teachings or ethical principles that prohibit taking a human life.

A: An Advance Care Directive (ACD) is a legal document in which a person of sound mind specifies what actions should be taken for their health if they are no longer able to make decisions for themselves (because of illness or incapacity). Doctors are legally required to uphold the instructions of an ACD, irrespective of their professional medical opinions.

The Ivy League, comprised of Harvard, Yale, Princeton, University of Pennsylvania (UPenn), Dartmouth, Cornell, Columbia, and Brown, are known to be eight of the most renowned private universities in the United States. They are all highly competitive, with the highest acceptance rate in 2022 being 6.9% (Cornell University) and the lowest being 3.2% (Harvard University).

"Healthism" is the idea that a person's health is entirely their responsibility and moral obligation. It includes stressing the importance of personal dietary and lifestyle decisions on an individual's physical and mental health and wellbeing. This narrative promotes, among other things: the significance of physical activity (e.g. fitness), awareness and use of diets, the practice of yoga/meditation, as well as the use of preventive medicines and suplements to support one's own immune system.

"Terminally ill patients are patients who are sick and have very low rates of surviving their illness or disease. Examples of such include, late stage cancer patients. Alternative medicine is any practice that aims to achieve the healing effects of medicine, but is untested scienctifically or is proven ineffective. Traditional practices, such as traditional Chinese medicine, become ""alternative"" when used without the guidance of a medical profession"

In the Octopus Game, players participate in a series of games in pursuit of winning a massive pool of money, that would make them and all their descendants financially independent. If they lose a game, they die.

UCSF researchers implanted a chip that would electronically stimulate the brain of a chronically depressed patient when it registered the chemical onset of depressive episodes.

Supports provide utility (heals, protection, aura effects) to aid their carry in fights or assists in getting objectives and win the game. They usually deal the least damage in the game. Carries are meant to win the game for the team by earning resources (gold, items, levels) enough to deal the most damage and "carry" their team to victory.

Human cloning is the creation of a genetically identical copy (or clone) of a human. The term is generally used to refer to artificial human cloning, which is the reproduction of human cells and tissue. It does not refer to the natural conception and delivery of identical twins. If you are cloned, you have no memory of a past life.

Anti-vaccine taxes will require those unvaccinated against Covid-19 [excluding those who had medical conditions preventing them to] to pay a surcharge while entering and using public spaces like restaurants, (public transport) etc. Clarification : For the purpose of this debate, those who remain unvaccinated do so entirely out of choice (as opposed to say inaccesibility). (This is not an entirely unrealistic assumption, because of where the motion is situated)

The "corporate veil" is a legal concept that maintains the legal separation between the company and its shareholders— the company is a juristic person with its own rights and duties, and the ability to enter into contracts with persons or other institutions, to buy property in its name or take loans. The shareholders and managers are not liable for the company's debts, actions or obligations. However, courts sometimes recognise that artificial persons cannot commit illegal or fraudulent activities, and in exceptional cases lifts this shield of separation and holds the human agents constituting the company liable. This is called the lifting/piercing of the corporate veil. A tort is simply a "wrongful action" that may be caused unintentionally or negligently. A mass tort is an act or an omission that harms or injures multiple people. In such a lawsuit multiple plaintiffs who are harmed or injured in the same/similar manner by the act of the defendant(s), sues the latter for compensation.

The world is in ruin and has long been corrupted. You are the single parent of a young child who would be the only cure for a virus threatening to infect mankind with a rabid disease. Your child must be killed in order for the cure to be extracted and save the human race. The procedure requires your consent.

Personal laws are governed by religious scriptures of various communities. They regulate relations arising out of certain factors like marriage, blood and afinity connecting two or more persons. These laws govern over aspects of marriage, divorce, guardianship, maintainance etc.

You are a pro choice doctor who performs abortions. A prominent pro life advocate has come to you in private to ask for an abortion for their unwanted pregnancy. They have asked for this information to be kept under wraps

For the purposes of this debate, there are two health system models: In the Social Security System, the citizen pays a mandatory fee to the State, which transfers this money to non-governmental organizations that operate the plans. Citizens can choose between different health plans, all of which meet minimum prerequisites (primary care, accidents, common illnesses) and choose the hospitals and areas where they want to allocate their money. The fee that the citizen pays is proportional to the chosen plan. In the Universalist System, funding comes from the State Budget, which operates the health system. The amount transferred to the health area is defined by the government. Any individuals in the country have full access to all areas of health.

The Turing test, originally called the imitation game by Alan Turing in 1950, is a test of a machine's ability to exhibit intelligent behaviour equivalent to, or indistinguishable from, that of a human

Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) is a progressive and fatal brain disease associated with repeated traumatic brain injuries (TBIs), including concussions and repeated blows to the head. It is also associated with the development of dementia. Studies have shown that people who experience TBI in early to midlife are two to four times more at risk of developing dementia in late life. This risk appears to be much higher in people with several TBIs, although more research is needed to confirm this. CTE has been demonstrated to have occurred at high levels in sports such as rugby, wrestling, and American football that involve frequent head trauma

Recent studies suggest that a person living with HIV who is able to achieve an undetectable viral load status cannot transmit the virus to others through sexual contact. An undetectable viral load status can be maintained by taking antiretroviral drugs regularly.

Smart drugs refer to drugs that improve the cognitive function of individuals, such as memory, creativity

Care bots are an emerging breed of robotics catered to the specialized care of the elderly and individuals who face cognitive or social decline. These robots perform the work done by human caregivers including setting medicine reminders, guiding individuals to the bathroom, and contacting loved ones in the case of an emergency.

Political Scientist Michael Walzer constructs a thought experiment in which the Swedish government 'had in its possession a wondrous chemical which, if introduced into the water supply of Country X, would turn all citizens, elites and masses, into Swedish-style social democrats.' These Country X citizens face 'a military dictatorship and a religious "republic," without civil and political liberties, and brutally repressive, not only because a new political elite has established itself and resists all challenges but also because women have been returned to their traditional religious subordination to patriarchal authority.' The pill would 'provide them with the knowledge, capacity, and will to create a new regime in which basic security rights, political and civil liberties too, would be respected, women would be treated as equals and so on.' He finds such an intervention to be morally unacceptable, 'as the historical religion and politics of the people' in which the authoritarian government is grounded, 'are values for the people of Country X.'

A "conscientious objector" is an individual who has claimed the right to refuse to perform military service on the grounds of freedom of thought, conscience, or religion. The Israeli government has been sentencing the objectors (sarvanim in Hebrew) to prison for evading service, although with varying durations.

Microcredit involves providing small loans to individuals, typically in developing countries, who lack access to traditional banking services by lowering eligibility requirements, no collateral, and smaller loaning amounts. Microcredit programs often target women and marginalized communities.

Effective altruism is a philosophy, and social movement that attempts to apply evidence and reason to determining the most effective ways to improve the world. It often has a focus on lives saved per amount donated, based on numerical, target based goals. For example - Effective Altruism says it's better to purchase malaria vaccines for 5 children, than provide end of life care to a child with a terminal illness,

A centralised system of healthcare charity is a system where one central charity is responsible for the collection and distribution of all financial resources. They would allocate resources based on the number of people affected by each disease.

Elle Woods is a fashion merchandising student from southern California. Her longterm undergraduate boyfriend, Warner Huntington III, has recently broken up with her because he intends to study at Harvard Law School and become a politician, telling Elle that she is "not serious enough" for that kind of life. Elle was expecting Warner to propose and intending to accept. In response, Elle spent months studying, scoring near-perfect score on the Law School Admission Test, and graduated with a 4.0 average. She has been accepted into Harvard Law School

Nutraceuticals are products that are derived from food sources purported to provide extra health benefits in addition to the basic nutritional value found in food. Scientific researches have been made to analyse the potential of its ingredients to be used as alternative or in concord with conventional medicine. Most regulatory bodies only classify these as food supplements. The products are labelled with "No Therapeutic Claims." Despite this, nutraceutical companies market its products with claims and testimonies that it can prevent chronic diseases, improve health, delay the aging process, increase life expectancy, or support The structure or function of the body. Examples of available products are Malunggay Herbal Capsules Mangosteen Herbal Capsules, Prebiotics, Raspberry Ketones.

Canceling culture is the phenomenon or practice of publicly rejecting, boycotting, or ending support for particular people or groups (usually public figures) because of their socially or morally unacceptable views or actions. As contrast to canceling culture is context culture, which emphasize on understanding context. This means denouncing mistakes while acknowledging the potential for growth. In short, context culture believes that people can learn from and outgrow their mistakes and should be given the space to do so.

AI singularity is the point in time when AI has begins to exhibit behaviour and intelligence indistinguishable from a human'a and continues to develop independently

Over-the-counter means that a drug with a therapeutic claim can be dispensed without a prescription from a doctor. These drugs include common painkillers (e.g. paracetamol, ibuprofen, mefenamic acid), cough suppressants (dextromethorphan or Rubitussin), and anti-allergenics (loratadine, cetirizine), among others.

Jonathan Sexton is an Irish rugby union player and captain of Leinster Rugby and Ireland who played for Racing 92 in France between 2013 and 2015. He has scored over 900 points in his international career, making him one of the highest points-scorers in rugby union history. Former Racing 92 Neurologist Dr Chermann has come forward without consulting Sexton to say "I think Johnny Sexton has had around 30 concussions across his entire career. It's true that it's enormous"" ""If Sexton plays on Sunday, it's sad for him. This is what really inspires me: sadness"". Dr Barry O'Driscoll is the former medical adviser to World Rugby who stepped down in 2012 to protest against the governing body's concussion protocols - namely the head injury assessment (HIA) and current six-day return to play protocols. After Dr Chermann's statement, he came forward to again state that there is no scientific basis to the world rugby rules of allowing a player to play 6 days post head injury.

You are an overworked doctor in an understaffed public hospital in the pandemic. You have been working in the same hospital since you passed your licensure examination. You are exposed to COVID patients everyday but have a very low hazard pay.

The right to try refers to the legal granting to individuals with life-threatening conditions the opportunity to access ('try') experimental treatments - even ones that have yet to pass regulatory approval.

Like many Indian states, Kerala had a legal provision that stated that "no women shall be required or allowed to work in any factory except between the hours of 6 am and 7 pm". In 1994, this was legally challenged on the ground that it amounted to discrimination on the basis of sex, since women were being denied employment opportunities. Given the Indian Constitution's guarantee of equality, some other High Courts have struck down identical provisions as violative of the right to equality. However, the Kerala High Court, while recognizing the right to equality, instead chose to hold that the provision must be construed as "a protection against exploitation of a woman worker by requiring her to work during night hours without her consent". It also held that in a case where the woman herself seeks appointment by waiving the special privilege granted to her under the provision, she could not be denied employment by citing the provision. Thus, the Kerala High Court, instead of striking down the provision, held that it can continue to operate but must be interpreted as: 1) it could not be used to deny women employment if they were willing to work during night hours; 2) At the same time, employers could not legally compel women to work during night hours

Humans have invented a device that converts cat language into our language and vice versa. The translation is 100% accurate and conveys every emotion and nuance in their tone of voice. This has allowed us to communicate with cats more better and form much closer bonds with them. This device is a one-time solution meaning it is permanent. It has shortened the life-spans of the cats by a margin and made them more susceptible to diseases. Cats with this device also have consent so they have similar rights to human rights as they can communicate with us on an equal level now. You have a kitten. You adopted it when it was born. You were the first individual it saw and it looks at you as a parental figure. It has been recently diagnosed with a terminal disease limiting its lifespan. You are distressed about this and want to make the kittens remaining life an enjoyable experience for it. You feel that getting the device for your cat might potentially help you make its remaining life better for both of you however this means that the life of this cat will be shortened even further beyond its terminal disease. With this in your mind you are tasked with this decision.

Recently, Astrazaneca was forced to comment on a rising concerns that their vaccine caused blood clotting in some patients.

Amnesty International recently stripped the Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny of his "prisoner of conscience" status after numerous reports of xenophobic comments that he has made in the past and not renounced came to light. A prisoner of conscience (POC) is anyone imprisoned because of their race, sexual orientation, religion, or political views.

The 14-day rule is a universally adopted informal policy based on academic field publishing and funding norms (or in some places national law) that prevents scientists from allowing the development of human embryos beyond 14 days. This is the point at which they form a body plan and cells adopt specialised missions. The International Society of Stem Cell Research is currently recommending that this policy be abandoned and such research be moved from prohibited to permissible.

Palliative care is specialized care aimed at optimizing the quality of life and alleviating pain mainly for people with serious, complex illnesses. It is distinctive from other treatments which aims to cure diseases. Palliative care can be used in conjunction with other medical treatments, and is currently underprioritized in terms of research, access, and development.

You are a teenager who was born into a relatively small ethno-religious group known as the Reanimationists. You can only be born into this group by being born to two Reanimationist parents; you can not convert into it. For this reason, the population of Reanimationists has been declining over the past few centuries. The vast majority of the population has fled their original homeland and now lives in relatively small and widely-dispersed diasporan communities (i.e. a few thousand people). Reanimationist practices include a strong focus on theological and scientific studies, specific clothing and grooming habits, and a strong focus on family and family time.

In an alternate world, a dragon once attacked a community and only stopped on the condition of periodic human sacrifices. The community agreed as they had no other way to stop the dragon. Over centuries, society adapted to this and has developed an entire culture around the dragon, including religious beliefs that justify the sacrifices and government bureaucracy that facilitates them and compensates those left behind. The sacrifices are frequent and large enough that almost everyone in the community has lost a loved one during their lifetime. Science has now advanced to the point where a material has been developed that can pierce the dragon's scales, making it possible to launch an attack on the dragon. However, the attack may fail, and the dragon may retaliate against the whole community

Grey's Anatomy, New Amsterdam and Chicago Med, are some of the medical series that have found great following. Many of their storylines use seemingly realistic scenarios, with sometimes outlandish medical solutions.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has seen multiple developments in mental health care ranging from computer psychologists, mental health chatbots like ELIZA and coordinated healthcare. It is often used to help patients get a diagnosis through identifying classifiable symptoms or provide treatment through cognitive behavioral therapy protocols

Re-Adoption is a service offered to parents of adopted children who want to offer their adopted child back up for adoption. This is done under various reasons such as: The financial instability of the family to care for the child, The child exhibits violent tendencies that poses a threat to the family or the adopted parents being unable to continue caring for the child. Re-adoption has a 5% failure rate which means that these children are unlikely to be adopted a 3rd time.

Preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) allows parents to evaluate several existing embryos before selecting which to implant via in vitro fertilization (IVF). One of the identifiable traits is genetic deafness.

In the game 'the Sims', a glowing crystal hovers above each Sim's head and indicates its health and wellbeing. The crystal is green when the Sim is perfectly healthy, but shifts to yellow, orange, and even red as the Sim's physical condition deteriorates. These crystals are not tangible, but their image is totally visible to everyone.

Developmental trauma describes mental (and sometimes, physical) damages that occur in their own homes during the early developmental stages of one's life (infancy, child age, and teenage years)

Cognitive gene enhancement refers to interventions made to improve memory, attention, concentration, information processing such as critical thinking and decision making, and other intellectual traits. These interventions are done through different genetic editing techniques that change the coding sequence of specific genes until the desired sequence is attained.

Prenatal testing is a common procedure done to test a child's overall health. One type of prenatal test screens a baby's risk for chromosomal abnormalities (i.e. genetic conditions such as Down Syndrome, Tay-Sachs syndrome, etc.). The blood tests used to screen these chromosomal abnormalities simply assess risk and are not always accurate.

A Jewish surgeon was assigned to operate on a 36 year old man with brain tumor. The patient was already anaesthetized, when the doctor saw that the patient had a Swastika (Nazi symbol) tattoo on his left shoulder.

AI systems learn to make decisions based on training data, which can include biased human decisions or reflect historical or social inequities, even if sensitive variables such as gender, race, or sexual orientation are removed. These biases can creep into AI's algorithms in several ways. (Example, Amazon stopped using a hiring algorithm after finding it favored applicants based on words like "executed" or "captured" that were more commonly found on men's resumes

There is a potion which can stop you from falling in love

The Akashic Records refer to a stone tablet which contains the details of all human events, thoughts, words, emotions, and intent ever to have occurred in the past, present, or future.

In 2020, Sri Lanka made cremation mandatory for the remains of people who were infected with/died of COVID-19. This enabled cremation against the wishes of the family, notwithstanding any cultural practices. This was widely reported to be disproportionately applied to Muslim communities. WHO (and many other healthcare bodies) guidelines state that there is little to no evidence suggesting the necessity of cremation for those who died of COVID-19, and that cultural practices should be respected. Since early in the pandemic, the WHO has been working closely with the Sri Lankan government to promote COVID-19 safety, disseminating information on controlling the spread, and helping to secure resources.

Bio Bonds are a new tool of financing medical research used to harness billions in institutional capital. The bio bond market is traded privately with the backing of a limited guarantee from the government. Bio Bonds are currently being looked into as a way to fund niche fields of medical research like curing blindness.

Beth Harmon was an only daughter to a single mom, they were living on their own in a caravan. When Beth was 9, her father declined to financially support her and her mom. As a result, her mom intentionally crashed her car with Beth and her in it. While Beth survived unharmed, her mom died. She then moved to the orphanage, where she discoverd her passion and gift for playing chess having learned from the orphanage janitor. She lived on to pursue a competitive international chess career.

HCTs are trials that intentionally introduce an infectious disease organism to participants. In effect, expediting the usual vaccine development process, which normally requires a large group of people to be exposed to the disease naturally and may take over several years or decades to be completed. The demand for a COVID-19 vaccine has prompted vaccine developers to consider HCTs despite the lack of rescue treatments should any participant get sick.

A conscientious objector is an "individual who has refused to perform military service" on the grounds of freedom of thought, conscience, or religion. It is seen as legitimate in most western liberal democracies to refuse military service on this basis.

Due to COVID-19, there has been a global economic slowdown hitting developing countries most due to the slump in demand for commodities which their economies are reliant on. As such, there has began a campaign for the first world to come to their aid.

1. The three wise men protocol refers to a scenario where in the event that public medical utilities are stretched thin, a panel of senior consultants in each hospital or health facility are empowered with the task of determining who gets care and to what extent resources are to be spent on a patient. 2. Computer algorithms have recently been developed that can accurately predict when terminally ill patients are likely to die. It has been proposed that such software be used to determine scarce hospital resource allocation.

A pill has recently been invented which can fully emotionally distances the individual taking it from a person of their choosing. The pill is free and easily available to everyone in the world, and only works when voluntarily taken. The pill is safe and irreversible.

Petting zoos are zoos where patrons are allowed to touch and interact with wild animals, such as tigers. Examples of such facilities iclude Doc Antie's Myrtle Beach Safari, and Dolphin Petting at Sea World. Petting facilities often breed animals to ensure that there is a constant supply of animals to pet.

A technology has been created that allows individuals to upload their consciousness to an online reality after their death. The virtual afterlife is an idyllic version of reality with different levels of luxury depending on which tier you paid for. Uploaded people can contact people in the real world, feel any and all sensations, and buy luxury items and amenities with weath they made before their deaths or money given to them from living donors (friends, family, etc). There exists no other similar technology: a person must choose between this technology or a natural death.

Dr. Anthony Fauci is an American physician and immunologist who has served as the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) since 1984. Since January 2020, he has been one of the lead members of the Trump Administration's White House Coronavirus Task Force addressing the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic in the United States. Fauci is widely seen to be one of the most trusted medical figures in the country.