Questioning science is not automatically "anti-science," IMO it's best to remain skeptical and stay focused on the evidence. The fact of the matter is that current "best medical advice" is not the best either in terms of quality of life or prognosis. I've had a remote member of a family lose sight in an eye, develop short term memory issues, and rapidly deteriorate from cancer in spite of following the best medical advice and guided by top physicians. My family is full of physicians, and I see even them questioning traditional methods. I would caution against media's rush to blame anything going against the mainstream narrative as "anti-science" or "misinformation." Yes, there are quacks and morons, but let's not put labels on anyone questioning bad outcomes.
Our sister died because of our mum's cancer conspiracy theories, say brothers
31–40 of 63 posts
Re: Our sister died because of our mum's cancer conspiracy theories, say brothers
#32Questioning science is not automatically "anti-science," IMO it's best to remain skeptical and stay focused on the evidence. The fact of the matter is that current "best medical advice" is not the best either in terms of quality of life or prognosis. I've had a remote member of a family lose sight in an eye, develop short term memory issues, and rapidly deteriorate from cancer in spite of following the best medical a…
Fair comment. You would think medicine would be evidence-based, but a lot of it is pattern matching and working on the 80/20 rule, given the limited time they have with clients.
Re: Our sister died because of our mum's cancer conspiracy theories, say brothers
#33Re: Our sister died because of our mum's cancer conspiracy theories, say brothers
#34[flagged]
A child in my daughter’s daycare suffered febrile seizures and experienced an anoxic brain injury because the vaccine wasn’t safe. Also, Old Man Withers turned me into a newt!
This response to an actual injury a child incurred is tone deaf and while anecdotal is accurate.
Sad!
Re: Our sister died because of our mum's cancer conspiracy theories, say brothers
#35I'm seeing this with my cousin currently. Her husband as well as her brother are peddling vitamin injections, physiotherapy, keto diets, for what is essentially late-stage lung cancer. She needs sugar - energy - to build up her stores so that she can walk into a chemotherapy clinic, but they're (perhaps rightfully) scared that they'd just be feeding the tumor instead of her. Doctors orders should be questioned, of co…
The doctor says you have a few months to live, you are going to try anything. There are some people who accept it but most people hold out hope that some miracle happens until the last moments.
Re: Our sister died because of our mum's cancer conspiracy theories, say brothers
#36Re: Our sister died because of our mum's cancer conspiracy theories, say brothers
#37Is it premature to blame RFK?
This took place in the UK. RFK is in the US.
Re: Our sister died because of our mum's cancer conspiracy theories, say brothers
#38My mother died because of alt health misinformation.
She had melanoma and the thing to do with that is to cut it out immediately. She delayed, considered alt health options for a month or three and by the time she got around to it the cancer had metastasized and there was nothing to be done.
Re: Our sister died because of our mum's cancer conspiracy theories, say brothers
#39> The children absorbed outlandish ideas, including that the Royal Family were shape-shifting lizards, says Gabriel. "As a young child, you trust your parents. So you see that as a truth," he says. At what point does someone step in and call this child abuse, at the very least these parents are not capable of raising their children in a safe manner. > Kate Shemirani styles herself as "the Natural Nurse" on social med…
The algo ironically also could give them feedback about the expected outcomes of those posts. 72 % of People who posted this ceased posting within a year. 33% where disconnected feom loved ones after a loved one passed away following giving this advice. Do you want to continue in rgis path?
Re: Our sister died because of our mum's cancer conspiracy theories, say brothers
#40Steve Jobs is probably the most famous victim of his own superstitions. He had a pancreatic cancer. It was detected early and it was one of the rare cases that had a good prognosis. He changed his mind only after it was too later and regretted his bad decision.
Probably one of the better things he did was admit as much and talk publicly about his mistake.