this post was submitted on 18 Aug 2024
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Something you always have to consider, even if it is a shitty doctor for our standards, it might still be better than no doctor.
Especially for those in extreme poverty and zero access to healthcare.
The solution for people in extreme poverty with zero access to healthcare is to get them healthcare, not to boil oceans so that silicon valley people can get rich from giving them disastrously bad medical advice.
Find a Community Health Centre in the USA
Health Poverty Action
Where There Is No Doctor
No doctor means your shit doesn't get treated. A false doctor (e.g. alternative medicine) gives you a false sense of hope at best and ruins your health at worst.
Unless you read any of the linked words and see it manages a cointoss at best and confidently makes shit up. Like, who the fuck has access to ChatGPT and no other sources of information.
it's just the "bank the unbanked" crypto talking point but with lying boxes
how is it better than no doctor
This vial has a 50/50 chance of containing cough medicine or cyanide, but hey, it's still better than no medicine!
brb asking the chatbot to identify whether it’s cyanide. much better than asking doctors, I bet none of them have ever even seen cyanide! /s
The real move is to spend years building up an immunity to cyanide to own the AI haters