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Kyro5411 18 points ago +18 / -0

Most doctors and nurses suspect covid is a hoax and know about all the kickbacks and incentives to diagnose every patient with covid. But, in order to keep their jobs, they go along with it as the community calls them heros.

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party12 18 points ago +18 / -0

Look how big tech shut down any differing opinions.

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CuomoisaMassMurderer 1 point ago +1 / -0

Big tech didn't show up at Simone's door with 20 long guns

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DebbieinDallas 5 points ago +5 / -0

Thats what my thyroid dr told me back in June when I objected to wearing a mask. It was a big dr complex and she said they had to follow the CDC in order to stay open. Sad.

But due to covid the govt approved telephone medical appointments for medicare patients which is great as far as I am concerned. Dont have to travel 100 miles to see a dr just to get prescription refills. And now I dont have to sit among sick people or have to wear a mask. Of course the dr appointment isnt as good as in person as they dont check you blood pressure, heart, and lungs but I am still better off not having to go and sick next to a sick person and not be able to breathe bec of the mask. I wish I could get my meds without a prescription though. So much info on the internet a person can diagnose and treat themselves these days

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randomusers239874 9 points ago +9 / -0

Heh, this is why I think "healthcare is a human right". You have no right to force someone else to diagnose, treat, or even pay for your illnesses, but you should have the intrinsic right to purchase any medical devices, medication, or whatever without the FDA stopping you.

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Kyro5411 1 point ago +2 / -1

A majority of patients that think they "can diagnose themselves" are not capable. Not including you, of course 😅

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DebbieinDallas 1 point ago +1 / -0
  1. I self-diagnosed myself for DeQuervains tenosynovitis. Did the home test. Went for a cortisone shot. Told the dr my diagnosis. He said “ he agreed with my diagnosis” and gave me my shot. This is a dr not exactly known for his bedside manor, either. But he did my two new knees (zero pain now) and my two carpel tunnels (also zero pain now).

  2. Several yrs ago Had to take clindomycin for a tooth problem. Wiped out my good bacteria. Got a yeast infection in my mouth but I didnt know it. I thought I had just burned the tip of my tongue. I looked up my symptom “red spot on the tip of my tongue” and it came up with yeast infection. Then I looked up self-treatment and I actually paid $25 for an ebook on the cure (yeah, I know). Turns out garlic is the deadly enemy of yeast (my dentist was 100 miles away) and so I bought a garlic clove, chewed it up (yuck) and within 12 hrs I am totally cured. In the meantime other people taking antibiotics are having to take another kind of a pill to get rid of their yeast infection.

So I figure I am doing ok considering I dont really know anything. The internet is a great source of info. I use Yahoo, not google. Other old people waste their time on facebook so they can be with their grandkids. How dumb when you have the world at your fingertips

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Kyro5411 1 point ago +1 / -0

That's why I said "not you, of course". You're obviously smarter than average.

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cara_c 1 point ago +1 / -0

Most patients diagnose themselves for routine illnesses all the time. Many patients have diagnosed themselves, with the help of the internet articles and discussion forums, with illnesses doctors haven't been able to diagnose correctly for years. Many patients have been cured of their illnesses using natural cures found on the internet, and many have been harmed or killed by modern medicine or pharmaceuticals.

One should see a doctor for problems that seem like they might be serious or that persist in spite of home treatment. But one should also do one's own research. For something serious, it's also a good idea to get a second opinion from a functional, holistic, or integrative licensed medical doctor as well. There are wonderful conventional doctors, but in general, modern medicine serves Big Pharma, not the patient.

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CuomoisaMassMurderer 1 point ago +1 / -0

Self diagnosis is not advised. Read any condition on PubMed and you can talk yourself into thinking you have it.

At the same time, the FDA exists to remove access to anything effective.

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StarsStripesandGrit 2 points ago +2 / -0

Sounds like the other institutional jobs that hand false authority to individuals on behalf of the state while violating the rights of the people they are sworn to serve...