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> Your sore knee analogy... probably really did end in wholesale unnecessary amputation and death Really? It doesn't seem likely to me that even a primitive me
by hsod 10y ago
> Your sore knee analogy... probably really did end in wholesale unnecessary amputation and death
Really? It doesn't seem likely to me that even a primitive medical person would amputate a leg because someone's knee hurts
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