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On the other hand, I just had a lengthy conversation with my dad on why he shouldn't drink chlorine dioxide, and that a Bitchute video from a guy who got a "doc

by kromem 5y ago

On the other hand, I just had a lengthy conversation with my dad on why he shouldn't drink chlorine dioxide, and that a Bitchute video from a guy who got a "doctor's of philosophy of medicine" from a diploma mill who had a patent application on drinking it to cure COVID, was selling books and lectures on his crockpotery, and had charges brought against him for two deaths resulting from drinking the thing might not be the best authority on the topic. For people that are very good at research, self-advocacy and research is absolutely a night and day difference from just going in to the doctor for 15 minutes and being rushed through the system. If not for that in my own chronic health condition, I'd be on immune suppressants right now vs a much lighter treatment regimen in conjunction with generic/supplements supported in limited academic research abroad (the funding bias in research for patented vs generic/non-patentable treatments is its own topic). But that's not the majority of people, and far too many think that they are capable of "doing their own research" when they aren't equipped to do so at all. Particularly when it comes to medicine, that's a dangerous misconception, and Dunning-Kreuger is actively killing people who can't discern between snake oil and a meta-analysis. So many of the people doctors are dealing with that are Googling ARE idiots who endanger themselves with their 'research.' Which sucks for the people who are actually good researchers and dealing with biases towards self-research. Though in my experience, typically good doctors very quickly realize you're adequate at research and work with you as a treatment partner, and it's the people like my dad who will fight against actual research efforts in a quest for confirmation bias.

daddylongstroke 5y ago
Some things to think about. I personally know of a friend who walked into a Dr. office in the "top hospital" in Chicago, described her symptoms, and the Dr. without making eye contact, or saying anything, pulled out his smartphone, and googled every symptom she described. Then he said something like "lose 15 lbs. and come back if its still an issue". :-P More importantly though, when deferring to "experts" in medical practice, you should ask yourself, "has the amount of money we've spent and 'expert training' these practitioners have gotten, and the 'breakthroughs in medicine' that they claim have occurred over the last 80 years, resulted in a statistically significant and measurable positive patient outcome?" What I'm seeing is, since the advent of hospitalization and deferral to medical 'experts', we've as a society, become much more fragile, non-resilient, addicted, overweight, and unhealthy.

by kromem 5y ago

daddylongstroke 5y ago

Some things to think about. I personally know of a friend who walked into a Dr. office in the "top hospital" in Chicago, described her symptoms, and the Dr. without making eye contact, or saying anything, pulled out his smartphone, and googled every symptom she described. Then he said something like "lose 15 lbs. and come back if its still an issue". :-P More importantly though, when deferring to "experts" in medical practice, you should ask yourself, "has the amount of money we've spent and 'expert training' these practitioners have gotten, and the 'breakthroughs in medicine' that they claim have occurred over the last 80 years, resulted in a statistically significant and measurable positive patient outcome?" What I'm seeing is, since the advent of hospitalization and deferral to medical 'experts', we've as a society, become much more fragile, non-resilient, addicted, overweight, and unhealthy.