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There are many people, myself included, who don’t want to be patronized or “protected from ourselves” and prevented from accessing data about our bodies.

An MRI, blood test, continuous glucose monitor, etc. carry essentially no intrinsic risk. It’s ridiculous that we need prescriptions for such things.

What I do or don’t do with that data is my prerogative.





The problem is that my tax dollars and insurance dollars pay for people who make mistakes with their own health, so you don't and can never live in a bubble unless you opt out of modern medicine entirely

Prevention is cheaper than treatment.



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