• Dagwood222@lemm.ee
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      1 year ago

      Gay people exist with or without being allowed to express, and health issues exist with or without being diagnosed.

      Literally my point

    • Pipoca@lemmy.world
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      11 months ago

      If you don’t see doctors, how do you know if you’re in good health?

      High blood pressure, coronary artery disease, diabetes, osteoporosis, colon cancer, etc are often called “silent killers”. That 75 year old is “perfectly fine” and “in great health” until he falls, breaks his hip and dies, or has a heart attack and dies.

      What going to a doctor does is open that guy’s eyes to the fact that he isn’t in as good of health as he thought he was. Just like how the world isn’t as straight as conservatives thought.

      It’s entirely possible that if he saw doctors regularly he could have lived to 95, but because he was silently in poor health at 75, he “unexpectedly” dies at 76.