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Brain imaging before and after Covid-19 in UK Biobank

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Re: Brain imaging before and after Covid-19 in UK Biobank

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You literally contradicted yourself. They are legally AND morally obligated to provide you with the best care society can provide. Not only can they be sued for malpractice, but they could lose their license entirely. Losing their only means of making money sounds like strong incentive, not to mention it would require violating an oath that doctors take VERY seriously. And for what motive? And yes, you should know yo…

Preventable medical errors are the third greatest cause of death in the United States. Sure, the legal and moral obligation to provide care exists but it did not prevent the opioid epidemic. It turned out that systemic controls and criminal penalties were needed to prevent doctors from overprescribing certain drugs. Doctors are generally great and don’t deserve to be disparaged, but they are humans and as fallible as…

I don't think you're making the case you think you're making.

Not giving people a vaccine that is known to work with very high efficacy is what we would call a "preventable medical error."

Even if something WERE to happen later down the road, it would not be called a "preventable medical error" because it's the best tool we have right now.

This is like letting your teeth rot because having a dentist drill out the cavity would "definitely remove some healthy bits," and that "we don't know where dentistry will be in 10-15 years."

Re: Brain imaging before and after Covid-19 in UK Biobank

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You should not make your decisions based on social media AT ALL. if you have questions, talk to a physician.

I am pro-vaccines but let’s be honest, no physician has any clue how these things work or are put together, the manufacturing and QA processes involved, and so on. The lipid delivery mechanism alone is a trade secret based on cutting edge technology which has yet to be replicated outside the United States and Europe. Asking your doctor specifics about this is like asking Geek Squad how to do kernel development. They…

Physicians should be able to explain in more detail than necessary to the average person, not only how vaccines work, but how mrna vaccines work.

i say talk to a physician because on an internet forum, it's your word vs mine. physicians have: knowledge, a credential, and society-granted authority on the matter. what they say holds weight—a lot more weight than some stranger in passing. NOT because physicians are infallible (which would be a ridiculous claim to make for any human).

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