Sure and managing your own health is sensible, but some people will be using their own ideas to avoid vaccines, use homeopathy, etc (..?)
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I am not saying "don't listen to doctors", I'm saying "use your own reasoning skills". If they don't have em'... no help for them anywhere.
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Yeah, I mean that's what I'm getting at - I suspect most people's reasoning skills are no match for their doctor's knowledge.
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IMO: seek help for acute illness or anything that makes you scared, but steer clear otherwise, unless you know your doctor is the real deal.
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You list 100 symptoms, they made a conclusion at nr. 5. You list 2, they start asking questions and eliminating options - if they any good.
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The doctor should be doing this stuff - are you saying that you think doctors are worse than average at evaluating symptoms?
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If your doctor doesn't know a positive on a test is 90% likely to be a false positive, that's a bit problematic (they usually don't).
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I suspect your advice works for science-minded, intelligent and fairly knowledgeable people - often.
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But the people refusing vaccines because of stuff they've read on the Internet typically fall into that category.
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Our capacity for self-deception is not a very tractable problem, in health care or otherwise.