• PrinceWith999Enemies@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    Between the “I have an immune system and I don’t need no mask and covid isn’t real anyway” crowd and the munchausen patients, there’s a lot of people. One reason why “whole body scans” as a diagnostic tool on healthy patients is controversial is that you end up making the patient think they have something that they demand treatment for. In this case, patients will request specific meds or tests based on a marketing campaign specifically designed to sell drugs. Patients don’t need that kind of input, and it’s potentially harmful - not because people want to be sick, but because of the kind of phenomenon that makes WebMD users think they must have cancer.

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      1 month ago

      Everything you mentioned is anxiety and fear, or just plain old ignorance, not “I wish I was sick”. How are you not able to understand the difference?