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Look, I've done the research and there's pretty clear benefits to health checkups. You can do your homework if you want to. Here's the thing though, it's prett
by amrocha 4y ago
Look, I've done the research and there's pretty clear benefits to health checkups. You can do your homework if you want to.
Here's the thing though, it's pretty obvious that early, regular screening and health checkups with a focus on improving health are a net positive. You go to the doctor, do some blood work, a couple x-rays, and they tell you areas where you could be healthier.
Any reasonable person would agree with that. You can come up with arguments for why I'm wrong, and try to put the burden of proof on me, and by doing that you make it such a hassle to try to improve things that I just give up.
This is why nothing gets done in North America anymore. There's always a reason not to change things, not to try anything new. That's how you end up with a stagnant society, crumbling healthcare system, outdated infrastructure, school shootings, global warming, housing crisis, etc.
I don't know mate, I'm sure you have good intentions but it's hard for me to find a net positive outcome of your position.
- pja 4y agoSo that’s 300 million doctors appointments a year that could be spent doing something else - treating someone who actually has something wrong with them. That’s before we even get to the question of whether doing this actually helps more than it hurts. Is that a worthwhile use of their time? Do we see a net improvement in health outcomes if we do this? Healthcare is littered with treatments that were thought to be helpful but turned out to have negative outcomes. If you want to introduce something new it really is on you to demonstrate that it represents an improvement to the status quo, because what a “reasonable person” thinks very often turns out to be completely false & ends up doing actual harm.