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minus-squareDagwoodIII@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·1 month agoI worked alongside doctors for years, and I have plenty of stories about how Western medicine failed. I also have plenty more stories about people who didn’t listen to their doctors and ended up regretting it.
minus-squareBradleyUffner@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·1 month agoNot every medical problem can be fixed. Sometimes life just deals you a bad hand.
minus-squareDagwoodIII@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down5·1 month agoWhere did I say that all diseases were curable by Western doctors?
minus-squareBradleyUffner@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·edit-21 month agoDoesn’t “Western medicine failed” imply that you think alternative medicine would have succeeded? Apologies if I misinterpreted what you said. I didn’t mean it as a challenge.
minus-squareotp@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoNot who you’re talking to, but no, it doesn’t imply that. If Person A’s strategy didn’t work, that doesn’t guarantee that Person B’s strategy would’ve worked.
I worked alongside doctors for years, and I have plenty of stories about how Western medicine failed.
I also have plenty more stories about people who didn’t listen to their doctors and ended up regretting it.
Not every medical problem can be fixed. Sometimes life just deals you a bad hand.
Where did I say that all diseases were curable by Western doctors?
Doesn’t “Western medicine failed” imply that you think alternative medicine would have succeeded? Apologies if I misinterpreted what you said. I didn’t mean it as a challenge.
Not who you’re talking to, but no, it doesn’t imply that.
If Person A’s strategy didn’t work, that doesn’t guarantee that Person B’s strategy would’ve worked.