The government resorts to fear itself. ... Irrational fear is not a legal basis to denying the next step in treatment.

They gave me the silent treatment. It took me back quite a few years. It was fun.

Every treatment can potentially have an adverse effect. Everybody knows even two aspirins for a headache has a bad effect for someone somewhere. On balance, positive effects have to outweigh the negative.

I don't think there's any question in ethical thinking that if treatment is medically futile, you don't continue it. But what is 'medically futile?' Often there's no clear line.

The element of fear is exaggerated ... and I think that point is going to become clearer if the government fails to sort out the economy in the next few months.

Do we call that normal?