It got me thinking. What if there was a medication to take to reverse death, bring you back to life so you could keep taking the pills (and therefore keep paying for the pills) you were taking? What if there was a drug called Redux™, meaning of course brought back, revived.
As with any new medication, there are a mountain of ethical and marketing problems to solve, let alone how much to charge for it, how to administer it to a dead body, will it be a pill, capsule or an injectable? The list can go on and on.
And who gets it? Do you have to arrange for its administration before you pass away, or can your heirs make that decision for you? And how soon after death is it effective? Will convicted felons be eligible for it? Even the most despicable person on earth might have at least one person who would be happy to see alive again. It's a tough call.
The upside to it is that the good people can be brought back. You know, the ones who are described to the police as "having no enemies."
Think of Jesus, Billy Graham or Mother Teresa being able to stride on earth again. Make a list of those you would like to see again.
Life insurance companies would probably love the drug, because if you're not dead they won't have to pay off on your life insurance policy. They can take the money back if they paid it out. You're no longer dead.
Redux™ is probably a long way off. I'm not even sure anyone is working on it right now. The absolute biggest question will be: will it be covered by insurance?
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