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Well if you check the conspiracy thread, people get the whole "they are out to get us" idea in their head and there is no changing their mind.
It's funny (and sad) that so many people (conspiracy theorists, radical lefties, religious nuts) will completely reject stuff that comes from doctors and scientists. I love it when people malign these groups with the old "what the hell do doctors know?" or "scientists don't know anything."
Really? These people sacrificed countless hours of sleep and forked over tons of money and studied their asses off and they know less than some jerk off with a website or a religious text? Give me a fucking break...



So should those people be held to the same standard as medical professionals? If somebody on an internet chat board recommends an "alternative medicine" to prevent getting sick or treat a condition and another person suffers some adverse outcome, should they be able to sue them?

As things stand now, the average internet "alt med" advocate could recommend that somebody drink some new fad herbal tea to treat swine flu and if the person gets sick and dies or suffers liver or kidney failure or has an dangerous interaction with other prescription medications they are taking, there is no legal recourse, is that OK?

Until relatively recently, it used to be the case that if somebody was lying injured by the side of the road and some non-medical person attempted to help them, but unintentionally did the wrong thing, and caused them harm or death, it was considered just an unfortunate accident. However, if a person with medical training attempted to help them, and something went wrong (even accidentally or even if the medical person did everything right) and the victim died, it was considered a criminal offense. Is that right?
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