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Take a look at his Protocol for Dying

http://hintjens.com/blog:115

Specifically, the fourth bullet point under "Talking to a Dying Person" is

"There's this experimental cure people are talking about," Which gets the ban hammer from me, and happily I only got a few of those. Even if there was a miracle cure, the cost and stress (to others) of seeking it is such a selfish and disproportionate act. With, as we know, lottery-style chances of success. We live, we die.
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