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The big question is whether one even needs medical care to begin with. Go look at popular books like “Being Mortal” in which one of the core arguments is whethe

The big question is whether one even needs medical care to begin with. Go look at popular books like “Being Mortal” in which one of the core arguments is whether intervention harms more than it helps one live with a specific goal (I.e. quality of life/health span). Social media doctors are clearly driven by the same idea this article calls out. Most of them want out so they can “practice” on social media instead of in the system. Many will do whatever it takes to make it. This can be seen by the absurdity of posts and privacy violations being made. The sad part of all this is that you can get more helpful information from a 15s TikTok than you may get from a 15 minute doctor visit you waited months for. While most TikTok doctors today are the early adopters, you’ll start to see the laggards who have actual valuable information adopt it with time like we’ve seen on YouTube.

crossroadsguy 3y ago
> The big question is whether one even needs medical care to begin with. Well, then while we are at it we might as well evaluate whether we need to be on this planet at all? I mean what's even the point in being mortal if in the end we are anyway going to the mortuary? We might as well fast track it. I mean, right? So my question is - did you write this statement in all seriousness or there were traces of sarcasm that my radar totally failed to detect.
- thenerdhead 3y ago
  The comment is about the need for medical intervention. TikTok and other social media platforms can convince you that you have all sorts of medical issues when you do not. And even if you did, the question still remains as to if intervention harms your overall quality of life. This is not a generalization saying to not get checked for cancer or other serious diseases early, but to take any self-promotional “medical advice” with a grain of salt like whether you need to fix your nose, buy expensive probiotics, or try to get prescribed a certain drug based on a list of symptoms. And no, we should not fast track death. Life is already too short.
Quinzel 3y ago
I think you’d find people who get knee and hip replacements have their quality of life restored considerably. They have also found breast reductions to also enhance quality of life for those patients that need them (which isnt exclusive to women - some men grow breast tissue too albeit it’s rarer and often not as big as women). There’s a wide variety of procedures that do indeed improve quality of life. I myself had a reconstructive surgery and my quality of life improved significantly. I’m fortunate to have had it. So the question as to whether people need medical care to begin with is a bit of a waste of time in my humble opinion.
- thenerdhead 3y ago
  Did you seek out your medical care because of a social media doctor? Because that is the context of my comment.

crossroadsguy 3y ago

> The big question is whether one even needs medical care to begin with. Well, then while we are at it we might as well evaluate whether we need to be on this planet at all? I mean what's even the point in being mortal if in the end we are anyway going to the mortuary? We might as well fast track it. I mean, right? So my question is - did you write this statement in all seriousness or there were traces of sarcasm that my radar totally failed to detect.

thenerdhead 3y ago
The comment is about the need for medical intervention. TikTok and other social media platforms can convince you that you have all sorts of medical issues when you do not. And even if you did, the question still remains as to if intervention harms your overall quality of life. This is not a generalization saying to not get checked for cancer or other serious diseases early, but to take any self-promotional “medical advice” with a grain of salt like whether you need to fix your nose, buy expensive probiotics, or try to get prescribed a certain drug based on a list of symptoms. And no, we should not fast track death. Life is already too short.

Quinzel 3y ago

I think you’d find people who get knee and hip replacements have their quality of life restored considerably. They have also found breast reductions to also enhance quality of life for those patients that need them (which isnt exclusive to women - some men grow breast tissue too albeit it’s rarer and often not as big as women). There’s a wide variety of procedures that do indeed improve quality of life. I myself had a reconstructive surgery and my quality of life improved significantly. I’m fortunate to have had it. So the question as to whether people need medical care to begin with is a bit of a waste of time in my humble opinion.

thenerdhead 3y ago
Did you seek out your medical care because of a social media doctor? Because that is the context of my comment.