[Osem]

Death threats have always been made whether by kids fighting in the playground, yobs in the street and even amongst families and neighbours. The only different now is that social media allows (even encourages) angry people to vent that anger in this manner and records it for others to view, speculate about and even weaponise. Does anyone seriously think that any of the staff at GOS are going to be killed? This sort of thing is clearly not acceptable and must be awful for the targets but let's get real.

As it stands the only person who's life is at serious risk is the poor child and I reckon any chance is better than no chance. If pain and suffering is the argument for terminating this life, how do the medics reconcile that with the fact that people are forced to endure pain and suffering every day withing the NHS in order to prolong their lives?

The money has been raised and any pain and suffering has been extended far longer due to all the legal argument about whether or not to give the treatment. Just get on with it, let the boy have a chance and let the desperate parents at least feel they did whatever they could. The treatment isn't going to cause any more pain than he's already suffering and if it doesn't work then that'll be the time to act.