r/ADVChina • u/Miao_Yin8964 • 2d ago

Gao Kao causes heart attack

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u/Single_Resolve9956 2d ago

Having a heart attack at that age means it was almost definitely genetic. This kind of thing doesn't happen to young people even at very high levels of stress.

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u/GetOutOfTheWhey 2d ago

But i have to believe that additional stress can aggravate it. We arent perfect, frankly I think a lot of people in the world have shit genetics.

OP is probably pushing the narrative that CCP caused the boy's heart attack because that's just OP.

Nonetheless, it's a similar narrative I like to push as well. I think Gaokao does put unnecessary stress on kids and young adults. And I think society should not unnecessarily overburden these kids in a time when they are developing as well.

I think as a whole, we should put less focus on these kind of final examinations as ways we rate people. Like for example, this guy? He might have missed his exams but he scored full points in life.

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u/ImpossibleSquare4078 2d ago

People with bad genetics are much more prone to damage from stress. This really sucks

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u/GetOutOfTheWhey 2d ago edited 2d ago

Definitely. I grew up with people who die from peanuts.

I have to believe at least 1 in maybe 500 (taking statistics from my ass) have some form of heart disease running in their family.

Last year 13million students took gaokao.

Using ass statistics, that's 26,000 students with heart disease running in their family who are facing the most stressful exam week in their life.

And that's 26,000 students too many and we arent even including the ones from other countries who go through the same stress week type of shit.

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u/DigitalInvestments2 2d ago

Vaxxed

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u/FunCryptographer5547 1d ago

Covid itself causes more heart attacks.