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Because "totally preventable" is financially unaffordable for most of us. My insurance won't help pay for vaccines unless I get them done during a PCP appointment, but those are scheduled months in advance. I normally go to my local pharmacy and pay $20 for a flu shot, but covid vaccines are like $100-300 without insurance.
I've had gastro problems for a few years now, but because insurance and bureaucracy, I JUST got a scope done yesterday and they found a bunch of ulcers in my intestines that I've just been living with, untreated, because there's no option to speed things up without money. It COULD have been caught years ago, but getting prompt medical care is too bougie for me.
I know your pain. Well, no, but I know a similar pain. Years of getting root canals at the dental school. Years and years of untreated adhd lending to my poor impulse control which would get me in even more trouble. It wasn't until I became profitable to society that society would invest back into me. Great society you have there. Really.
They want us to be poor and sick so we're easier to control.
I need a source on congenital heart disease not existing.
It is currently unknown whether dietary weight loss interventions can induce regression of carotid atherosclerosis.
I just did a quick search, maybe you have a better source I can refer to?
Edit: Specifically for the 100% claim, not saying diet doesn't help.
I just have trust problems whenever somebody says a medical condition is 100% one thing and nothing else could ever cause or cure it. I've had too many doctors tell me that my GI problems are just anxiety and couldn't possibly be a real thing. I've had doctors tell me that my GI problems are actually an eating disorder and I need more antidepressants. I've had doctors tell me that I should be happy about my GI problems because a lot of people struggle with losing weight.
So yeah, diet is a tricky subject for me right now, because all I want to do is eat a normal meal, and the main response I've gotten has been "have you tried eating normal meals?"