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leomonae · 2 days ago

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"Most people with lung transplants die only a few years after surgery"

1) Simply false. Most people who get lung transplants are still alive five years after surgery, from my very brief skim of pubmed

2) Disingenuous as fuck. "Can shorten your life" - motherfucker, why do you think they got a lung transplant in the first place, if not because they already had a life-threatening condition?!

I just got served an ad on a mobile game that linked to a 45-minute video for a "breathing remedy" and the video is *such* a comprehensive collection of CAM manipulation and lies that I'm considering transcribing it to break down how CAM sales tactics work.

#buy my expensive-ass placebo water INSTEAD OF getting this treatment -#- that actually has some evidence that it can work #lol i initially thought OP was being hyperbolic with that “after my 9yo brother died from stuck mucus after a house fire” bit #this is a great example of why I get worked up over this kind of shit incidentally if any of my buddies were wondering #bc yes these con artists *do* in fact market their shit as #“in fact it's probably a bad idea for you to try the treatment your doctor suggests at all bc they're probably lying to you to make money”#“unlike me who is not in it for the money now that'll be $300 thanks! marked down from over $1000! isnt that such a good deal?”#if you want to waste your money on a placebo i can't stop you but could you PLEASE at least do it in a way that won't just endanger you mor #you have no idea what's actually in these supplements #you likely have no idea if they will react with something else you are taking even if the labels *were* accurate #which they're not. they're *really* really not

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