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Would you be alive today without modern medicine?
Posted on 8/14/17 at 10:51 am
Posted on 8/14/17 at 10:51 am
Other than vaccinations, Im 42 and have never really been sick other than a cold or stomach virus. I did have back surgery at 37 tho. I guess I would still be here but as a cripple. A lot of my closest family and friends would not be here now, some at a very young age. How about you? Would you still be here without modern medicine?
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Posted on 8/14/17 at 10:52 am to HogBalls
I would. And unfortunately modern medicine for all its great works, has kept a population of people Mother Nature never intended to breed and live.
Posted on 8/14/17 at 10:53 am to HogBalls
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Other than vaccinations
But this is the most important one. Because of vaccinations we don't have to worry about a lot of sicknesses that used to kill us regularly
This post was edited on 8/14/17 at 10:54 am
Posted on 8/14/17 at 10:53 am to HogBalls
I guess maybe until my gallbladder eventually ruptured 
Odds are if I was born in a time without modern medicine, my diet would have been much cleaner, so I wouldn't have needed the surgery in the first place though.
Odds are if I was born in a time without modern medicine, my diet would have been much cleaner, so I wouldn't have needed the surgery in the first place though.
Posted on 8/14/17 at 10:54 am to HogBalls
would have died at 9 years old with my appendix exploding in my body
maybe dead at 8 because i have a rare allergy to pesticides, but ill go with the above
maybe dead at 8 because i have a rare allergy to pesticides, but ill go with the above
Posted on 8/14/17 at 10:54 am to HogBalls
You never had any illness or infection as a kid? I'm calling bullshite. If you include sanitation as modern medicine due to it being based on germ theory, then there's a good chance you'd be dead without it.
Posted on 8/14/17 at 10:55 am to HogBalls
Nope. Would have died a miserable death in 2008 when I was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes.
Posted on 8/14/17 at 10:56 am to TheDrunkenTigah
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You never had any illness or infection as a kid? I'm calling bull shite. If you include sanitation as modern medicine due to it being based on germ theory, then there's a good chance you'd be dead without it.
I didn't. I had adenoid surgery at age 5, but that wasn't really life threatening.
Posted on 8/14/17 at 10:56 am to HogBalls
44 years old and yes.
Posted on 8/14/17 at 10:59 am to HogBalls
not sure, had to get a penicillin shot my freshman year after going home with Reggie's shot girl. Worth it
Posted on 8/14/17 at 11:01 am to HogBalls
I've never had surgery or been in the hospital except for a sprained ankle I thought was broken.
I got immunizations at age 4 and didn't get boosters until I was 34. I only got those because I was traveling abroad.
But it's a crap shoot whether any of us would be alive without some of the vaccinations like polio. I'm damn thankful to have modern immunizations as well as modern dentistry.
I got immunizations at age 4 and didn't get boosters until I was 34. I only got those because I was traveling abroad.
But it's a crap shoot whether any of us would be alive without some of the vaccinations like polio. I'm damn thankful to have modern immunizations as well as modern dentistry.
Posted on 8/14/17 at 11:05 am to HogBalls
No
Even ignoring possibilities of life threatening illness that were avoided by vaccines, I would have died at least twice without modern medicine.
Once from strep throat.
Once from appendicitis
Even ignoring possibilities of life threatening illness that were avoided by vaccines, I would have died at least twice without modern medicine.
Once from strep throat.
Once from appendicitis
This post was edited on 8/14/17 at 11:07 am
Posted on 8/14/17 at 11:09 am to HogBalls
I had surgery at 3 weeks old to correct Pyloric stenosis. If not for modern medicine I would have died as an infant. Since that time I've had no major health concerns.
Posted on 8/14/17 at 11:09 am to HogBalls
Nope. I have two stents in the widowmaker. I was a massive heart attack waiting to happen.
Posted on 8/14/17 at 11:10 am to HogBalls
Yes. I have never needed surgery. Or medicine.
I suppose some antibiotic treatments helped, but my immune system would have won in the end.
My wife would be dead.
But weirdly, I would have a LITTER of kids.
Probably 10+.
I suppose some antibiotic treatments helped, but my immune system would have won in the end.
My wife would be dead.
But weirdly, I would have a LITTER of kids.
Probably 10+.
Posted on 8/14/17 at 11:13 am to HogBalls
I'd be alive but no able to walk or ride horses 
Posted on 8/14/17 at 11:14 am to HogBalls
No, I almost died from dehydration as a baby, and I was run over by a truck when I was 11. Without modern medicine, I'd be dead.
Posted on 8/14/17 at 11:14 am to HogBalls
Nope. Probably not. Or at best, pretty disabled.
Posted on 8/14/17 at 11:15 am to SCLSUMuddogs
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Because of vaccinations we don't have to worry about a lot of sicknesses that used to kill us regularly
But have to worry about becoming autistic because of them.
Posted on 8/14/17 at 11:19 am to HogBalls
Nah, the jaundice would have gotten me.
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