• Mandy@beehaw.org
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    who the fuck went “yeah, ima get some dangerous parasites into my guts” how much money did they get for that

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        australias healthcare system cant be as abysmally bad as america…right?..right?

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      The difference between medicine and poison is the dose. The worms were not dangerous at the dose being studied, as indicated by the fact people got healthier over a 2 year period.

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        sure but idk living parasites seem like part of an equation id rather remove

        wanna go back to leech treatments? maybe tapeworms too to loose some weight?

        it just seems to volatile

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          Leeches are still used, and are very effective in some cases. It’s ok to be grossed out by medicine. That doesn’t mean it’s outdated or shouldn’t exist.

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            it has nothing to do with a gross factor parasites like these are called that for a reason and there was especially a reason it was used hundreds of years ago and only picked back up a couple of decades ago

            you maybe comfortable attaching a living predatory parasite on your body but that is something i wont ever call medicine

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              Ok, then in certain circumstances your disgust response that directly contradicts the evidence may result in a lower chance of your survival. Your body, your call. I wholeheartedly support your right to refuse care. I, however, am rather fond of living and will use whatever medical intervention works best.

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                lets agree to disagree on the use of this specific type of invention than, if they figure out a way without the sue of uuuh, what we discussed id be happy to make use of it.

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      I sustained myself for 6 months on nothing but being a medical Guinea pig. Because of anonymity laws they couldn’t ask for documentation so it was one of the few gigs I could do without a work permit. I would have loved this experiment, sure as hell beat the “let’s inject pepper under your skin and give you the placebo painkiller” trial I did for three painful weeks (paid $2800 though).