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Things can seem to be on the rise when awareness and detection improve. For example: the number of known exoplanets grows by the day, but they existed before we
by Kye 7y ago
Things can seem to be on the rise when awareness and detection improve. For example: the number of known exoplanets grows by the day, but they existed before we knew about them.
- beerandt 7y ago>awareness and detection improve. Increase might be a better word than improve. Number of "diagnosed" cases might have gone up, but I'd argue accuracy of diagnosis has gotten much much worse. There was a recent study showing only about 1 in 10 people who claimed to be allergic to antibiotics actually had any allergic or other negative response to them.
- beerandt 7y agoLink to a paper on the antibiotics allergy topic: https://www.pharmaceutical-journal.com/learning/learning-article/accurately-diagnosing-antibiotic-allergies/20205068.article https://www.pharmaceutical-journal.com/learning/learning-art...?