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Oh, this reminds me. I was asked to go to a Chiropractic "doctor" this weekend for a check up. That's nonsense to begin with, but I went anyway.
She asked about my back hurting, and I mentioned that I threw it out really badly when I got COVID a year or two ago, and was stuck in bed coughing super hard for a week. Her immediate response was "I've heard the vaccine can do that."
... Like, fucking what? How god damn stupid do you have to be to hear "I threw my back out coughing really hard." and instantly try to insert your anti-science bullshit into the conversation?
Chiropractor. Stupid. Anti-science bullshit.
You repeat yourself.
Oh man it gets worse. Medicine is so fucked now.
My (telehealth) doctor noted my testosterone is a little low and suggested I use another online practitioner for testosterone replacement therapy since they can’t do that from their practice.
She gave me a few places to check out (from her companies list, she didn’t personally vet them).
They all have some anti-science bullshit or “As seen on JRE/Infowars”.
I’m like…yeah, I’m not doing any of that. I’ll try diet, exercise, and proper sleep first. I’m not giving any of them my money, patronage, or information.
I had the same thing except from an in-clinic consult about my general health.
Testosterone supplementing was presented like "Well levels vary to each man but some do a little better with more so it could help your endurance and energy levels."
Ok sure, why not? They're a doctor right? Trust experience? Trust science? All that?
I got a shot 2 or 3 times but then quit it. I'm so freaking glad I did, after I discovered all these accounts about it causing heart problems, possibly reproductive issues, and all this other crap. It was difficult to find someone who was actually glad they did it.
Happy with the hormone levels I've got, thank you very much.
I felt so scammed, like I was just used as some "lead" for another clinic to profit from me over something that potentially would cause a ton of long-term harm.