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Comment by travisathougies

You seem to be under the impression that there is some 'advanced technology' out there that will magically solve your problems that the US fails to have.

In my experience, many people have a quasi-religious belief in the capability of modern medicine to perform what would otherwise be called a miracle. This belief is typically held without any evidence whatsoever.

In reality, there are a plethora of conditions, some very common and serious, that medicine simply has no idea how to treat. The set of completely treatable / curable conditions is much much much smaller than the set of all possible diseases, yet people act as if it's the opposite. This is why things like 'evidence based' medicine is so dangerous -- we don't have evidence for the vast majority of impactful conditions, simply ignoring patients with these conditions is not a workable solution.

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