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by OutOfHere 5 days ago
Point #1 is nonsense because the ratio of problems eliminated to those created will be easily be 99:1. I estimate this ratio is closer to 50:50 for human doctors.

Ultimately, it should be about personal freedom. This is not a contagious disease we're dealing with here.

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It’s called evidence based medicine for a reason. Medicine has long since moved away from making decisions based on whether a person thinks it will be better.

> Ultimately, it should be about personal freedom. This is not a contagious disease we're dealing with here.

The state regulates health and medical devices for a reason. Look at what’s happening with all of these prescription mill apps these days which are still theoretically overseen by a licensed healthcare professional - plenty of medical errors and harm in the name of increasing access (a good thing, when done well). We’ll see criminal investigations within a year.