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I have two elderly relatives that use CGMs and both are at a stage in life now where they really cannot be expected to exercise common sense. I am pretty sure
by mikkupikku 10mo ago
I have two elderly relatives that use CGMs and both are at a stage in life now where they really cannot be expected to exercise common sense. I am pretty sure they've both been using CGMs exclusively and haven't been using finger sticks, at least not regularly, and one of them has a very hard time even understanding that apple pies are filled with sugar. No real intuition for which foods have or don't have sugar.
If CGMs are so unreliable and need double checking, I am quite confident that many patients don't understand this, even if it was carefully explained to them by their doctors.
- mattmaroon 10mo agoOk but then that would seem to absolve the manufacturer of liability. If you sell someone a hammer and they try to eat it the manufacturer isn’t liable for the damage.
- mikkupikku 10mo agoIf the product is defective and misused when somebody gets hurt, I don't think the manufacturer is totally in the clear morally, or even legally.
- pixl97 10mo agoCool, let's ban the product and kill thousands more people than they save. Don't let perfect be the enemy of good when good is increasing lifespans and reducing bad outcomes.
- array_key_first 10mo agoI mean, you don't ban the product, we don't do this generally. But you do make the manufacturer change their language or advertisment.
- pixl97 10mo agoHave you ever read the book of papers that come with a CGM?
- mikkupikku 10mo agoBro I'm not calling for anything to be banned, I'm responding to the sentiment that the story doesn't make sense because users of CGMs should know better.
- mattmaroon 10mo agoIs it defective if it tells you it may make mistakes and must be verified and then it makes a mistake?
- liveoneggs 10mo agoHow does the CGM react after pie-eating?
- mikkupikku 10mo ago"I don't know why it went up, they had cake but I knew I shouldn't, so I had pie instead."