• E_coli42@lemmy.world
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    18 hours ago

    You could save way more than 1 life with $100M. Malaria nets save on average one life for every $3k donated. Child deworming doesn’t save a life per se, but you can stop a child from being permanently disabled for ~$500.

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      18 hours ago

      Sacrificing a person in order to help a number of people survive for a month or a year is still a terribly bad calculation if you ask me

      • WorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.today
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        7 hours ago

        Ok, then you are sacrificing number of people to save one person. Think of what happens in wars: people don’t even flinch at sacrificing someone