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To add another anecdote from the perspective of living in two countries - the recommendations we get from doctors in each country are often polar opposites of e
by getoj 5y ago
To add another anecdote from the perspective of living in two countries - the recommendations we get from doctors in each country are often polar opposites of each other. Drugs available over the counter in one country are outlawed in the other, and vice versa. Information from a trustworthy source in one language is called pseudoscience in the other, and vice versa. Meanwhile, the health outcomes do not seem to be significantly different in either place. I am less and less convinced by anything my doctor says, in any language.
- nradov 5y agoAt the population level, outcomes are driven mostly by public health measures (clean water, food safety, vaccination) and cultural factors (obesity, substance abuse). Individual healthcare interventions barely move the needle.