• Phoenixz@lemmy.ca
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    9 days ago

    taking unproven treatments is a risk

    When talking about cancer, if anyone suggests a pyramid or breathing sunshine or just taking naturopath drops, those anyones should be thrown in jail for attempted murder, as far as I am concerned

    It’s always the floaty hippie dippie assholes that do this and they always get a pass because “oh well, it’s alternative medicine!”

    No

    It’s snake oil salesmen leaving trails of dead bodies behind them. Fuck everything about these horrible narcissists

    • ironhydroxide@sh.itjust.works
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      8 days ago

      I agree. But for many the proven treatments also are a huge risk financially. Very possibly leaving them without savings, home, and retirement funds. But hey, at least they’re alive and have to slave away for today’s meal.

      I get why people choose other options than the fucked up for profit healthcare system in the US.

      • Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de
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        3 days ago

        I just wish people could take one single step back from actively scamming others, if they just cared a little bit they could at least stop actively harming people, and maybe outright help them deal with emotional anguish if nothing else.

        Like come on, do they have to promise to cure cancer? How much money would they really lose on simply promising to stop it from getting worse?