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We’re in the 21st century and there are still death apologists roaming the earth. Take this quote from a paper published in The Lancet a few years ago:

”Death and dying must be recognized as not only normal, but valuable”. And if that wasn’t enough, the paper also served up gems like ”it is healthy to die”. That’s peak deathism for you.

There are countless ways to dismantle these absurd and deeply irrational claims, but one of the best counterarguments comes from a recent commentary in The American Journal of Medicine.