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rob74today at 7:34 AM1 replyview on HN

Yes, I already feared that when I read "the child recovered" instead of "the child fully recovered" in the summary.


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21asdffdsa12today at 11:45 AM

The dreaded "Patient survived" comes to mind, that is so nice in crime-stats and hospital-stats nowadays, but does not really communicate what "ten years writhing in agony barely held in check with massive opioid doses until death" or some vegetable limbo is actually for the individual.