Are you serious? The 2 year old died of an overdose. The death could have been prevented by picking up the phone to a hospital instead of uber. The parents had their family living in abject squalor with carbon monoxide levels that should have rendered them unconcious within 20 minutes and rubbish, drugs, urine and feces strewn on the floor and surfaces. Their still living 6 year old tested positive for fentanyl and cocaine.
Despite all that other stuff, the fact that they’re in the US and therefore calling for an ambulance would cost in the thousands probably had more bearing on the situation than them being terrible parents. I wonder how many small children have died due to preventable disease or injury with good, yet financially poor, parents who hesitated to call an ambulance.
I think it’s more likely they weren’t calling an ambulance because they didnt want to either have their drugs confiscated or be go to prison for possession
Oh yeah, the whole thing is horrible. I just read that as light editorializing “if what he said was true, they’d all be unconscious, so he’s probably full of shit and lying to cover his ass.”
Are you serious? The 2 year old died of an overdose. The death could have been prevented by picking up the phone to a hospital instead of uber. The parents had their family living in abject squalor with carbon monoxide levels that should have rendered them unconcious within 20 minutes and rubbish, drugs, urine and feces strewn on the floor and surfaces. Their still living 6 year old tested positive for fentanyl and cocaine.
Despite all that other stuff, the fact that they’re in the US and therefore calling for an ambulance would cost in the thousands probably had more bearing on the situation than them being terrible parents. I wonder how many small children have died due to preventable disease or injury with good, yet financially poor, parents who hesitated to call an ambulance.
I think it’s more likely they weren’t calling an ambulance because they didnt want to either have their drugs confiscated or be go to prison for possession
Both can be true. This is also why sane places have laws preventing paramedics from reporting drug use to the police.
I think its more this as well. Also, Medicaid, which they likely had, and their children definitely had, would cover ambulance.
Parents who don’t call an ambulance for their child who needs an ambulance aren’t good people.
Countries who make their citizens second guess calling an ambulance with the threat of crippling debt aren’t good countries.
That was just what the guy told police.
My bad, you’re right, that’s a small part of the wider horror of this situation though …
Oh yeah, the whole thing is horrible. I just read that as light editorializing “if what he said was true, they’d all be unconscious, so he’s probably full of shit and lying to cover his ass.”
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Are you proud of being this way or some shit? Does being a jaded dick to others online make you happy? Give you fulfillment? Pathetic.
They just asked if you were serious, goddamn.
Where did they even imply their feelings were hurt? Such a weird reply…
What a weird reply! Days after the original comment when the question has already been answered?
What a weird reply!
And by “weird reply“ I mean a totally predictable and suddenly thing to say…
Lol my dude, you just replied to my comment 3 days later so…
That’s just how Lemmy is sometimes.