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by bane 3840 days ago
I have several people in my family who demonstrate various levels of hypochondriasis. Imagine the nonsense over gluten-free and every other fad diet of the last 30 years, non-specific symptoms, alternative "medicine" and that's two or three people in my immediate family. Now let them start ordering their own blood tests and it'll make the anti-vaxing movement look like a cultural blip.

Most people simply aren't smart or informed enough to understand things like "false positives".