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35 People Who Decided To Spread Their Medical ‘Knowledge’ And Got Shamed Over It Online
Traveling medicine shows and questionable or even harmful "medical remedies" may seem like a thing of the past, but there's plenty of its 21st-century iterations.
While MLM marketers are not promoting tonics of cocaine or opium, they are trying to convince people that essential oils will cure cancer.
Obvious pyramid-scheme nonsense aside, plenty of people on social media for some reason think of themselves as doctors and spread ignorance to whoever will listen. Just don't let all that BS seep into your brain. Instead, try to laugh at their ignorance; it can be quite funny!
Just scroll through the Twitter account Bad Medical Takes. It shares user-submitted screenshots of some of the most ridiculous misconceptions "online health professionals" have to offer. Here are some of them!
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General practitioner, medical researcher, and founder of PrimeHealth Clinical Research, Iris Gorfinkel, M.D., told Bored Panda that social media and the Internet are not a one-size-fits-all. "On the one hand, it improves patient education and can improve public health. It brings people together who are in very wide apart places, so it overcomes geographical barriers... It's a tremendous educational tool for patients," Gorfinkel said.
Yes, it promotes awareness and encourages patient engagement, and it can provide quality information. But at the same time, people are searching online for the next big thing. "So what is more likely to be shared?", the doctor asked metaphorically. What is novel, she immediately answered. Or what is unusual.
Gorfinkel also pointed out a study done in 2018, published in Science by three MIT scholars, which found that falsehoods are 70% more likely to be retweeted on Twitter than truth. It also discovered that it took the truth about six times as long as falsehood to reach 1,500 people. This proves that falsehoods are simply alluring.
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Chris Wade 3 years ago
She doesn't. She's clearly had some kind of head injury right before tweeting this.
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Paul K. Johnson 3 years ago
I don't get it.... I mean are there actually people out there who don't like blender babies?!?
Katie Fink 3 years ago
This is how you make baby oil. Didn't you know?!?!?
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Evil Little Thing 3 years ago
Babies have no bones so you're being redundant.
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Noel Benavente 3 years ago
when i was like 20 yo my sister's boyfriend at that time, maybe 25, told me that snakes didn't have skeleton and i went: man, haven't you seen a snake skeleton on science books or the tv? .. but this, babies not having bones... wow, i can't even imagine how a person can grow as an adult believing this... these people is incredible.
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I I 3 years ago
LMAO its so the can get a xray , since when do babies get born with out bones ?
JessG 3 years ago
This woman is obviously unwell. Either that or her baby was born without bones, lol
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If I could I would live under water 3 years ago
I like how she even edited her post, she's really desperate to pass her message along
Lauren Caswell 3 years ago
He came from a blended family :D bah dum tsh! Also i forgot to comment the other day that i think its awesome you run a restaurant! Ive done lower rank customer service but im not the right type to run a whole place. Kudos to you, and if I'm in Chile(?) I hope that I eat at your restaurant :)
Load More Replies... Evil Little Thing 3 years ago
This one is hilarious. I keep a copy of it in my phone so I can look at it and laugh when I'm bored. Babies have no bones is right up there with pee is stored in the balls.
Monika Rhodes 3 years ago
Not sure what's worse the idiocracy of this being an abortion or that babies don't have bones.
Bisexual Backflipping 3 years ago
I think this incited harder laughing than I've ever laughed before
Airis Malfoy 3 years ago
dishonor! dishonor on your whole family! dishonor on you! dishonor on your cow! educate yourself you uncultured swine.
Cain Hargreaves 3 years ago
For the record, I have heard that the OP of this tweet is a parody/troll account.
Robert Robi Z 3 years ago
Of course babies don't have bones! How do you think they would be able to be born and squeezed through that tiny canal down there? By the way, pregnant women also don't have bones, the bones wouldn't allow the baby go through.
Lyn Moffett 3 years ago
Oh so babies have no bones. Wow I always thought they had more bones than an adult. Fkn idiot!!!!
Guðrún Sveinsdóttir 3 years ago
Its just sick to put such nonsense for everyone to see and think so disgusting thaughts.
Freyja Cooper 3 years ago
This is obviously a joke. Those babies are huge, nobody would think they're fetuses
Lorrie Rothstein 3 years ago
of course babies have bones. This device holds the babies in place
SilentSyst3m 3 years ago
They will grow bones when fed the right potion. Before that you can blend them without worries.
she/they and definitely gay 3 years ago
ha like where would the blender be? you can see the babie's legs hownonsdo1iue2hdi1ojnd
Amy-Lee Kempi 3 years ago
WoW… how do these people take care of themselves…? This is beyond stupidity 🤦♀️
Hannah Edwards 3 years ago
I don’t think I’ve ever laughed so hard at comments. Thank you bored pandas !
Sarah 3 years ago
For all the stupid in this post, the thing that stands out the most for me is that she's so clueless she doesn't even know what a baby that's not even a newborn anymore looks like. I'm not a mother, but isn't that baby, like, two months old? I mean, that's not "abortion," you clueless numbskull, that's called MURDER. Oh, and there is a difference, you know. (No; you don't. Sigh.)
Thenatural 3 years ago
The thing that stands out for me is that you are so utterly clueless that you cannot recognise satire when you read it...do you actually believe this is a genuine tweet? How do you even function? Seriously...
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Sue Hazlewood 3 years ago
Cole, Cole, Cole, back to school for you. Lets face it, as soon as the "blender" starts up baby is going to fly everywhere due to the big gaps in said blender.
pusheen buttercup 3 years ago
Babies do have bones, otherwise they might die. Of all the ways to abort I assure you all it's not via blender.
Donna Rakowiecki 3 years ago
Don't look at a picture and guess what is happening. Life is much too complex for your 2 brain cells. Oh by the way brain cells are super tiny and need a lot more to fill up your empty skull. Do they have schools where you live or books or common sense or I bet you drool a lot don't you.
Theresa Skrobe 3 years ago
This is actually called a "Pigg-O-Stat", used to position infants for xrays
Sarah Grape 3 years ago
what if that person was told that babies, in fact, have more bones then they do
Danelys Fossler 3 years ago
This is why we need to put more money in our schools and pay teachers more. 🤦♀️
Wendy Lightner 3 years ago
I am an MRI tech. That isn't for MRI. It would be VERY attracted to the magnet, therefore unsafe to take into a MRI room. It's called a PIG-O-STAT used to get good chest x-rays on babies/toddlers.
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Margaret Martin 3 years ago (edited)
Wow. I know this sounds bad but- when a person's intelligence level is THAT low... instead of Beagles & Bunnies... THEY should be what cosmetic companies test their products on.
RandomBeing 3 years ago
Again I hope it sarcasm but also wow the sentence "babies have no bones" is not only wrong but SUPER WRONG because babies actually have more bones than adults!
Suzanne Haigh 3 years ago
Difficult to believe the stupidity of some people. Is she an influencer?
Zrinka Jelic 3 years ago
LOL, my son was 'blended' like this when he needed x-rays for his pneumonia.
Emperor Kitten 3 years ago
True tragedy. The kid on the right is well into their 12th trimester.
Brian Bennett 3 years ago
This kid is approx. 8-10 months old. This is a normal way to Xray a child.
Rachel Peterson 3 years ago
I'd laugh but it's downright SCARY how truly ignorant some people are.
Chloe *Leah* Pheonix 3 years ago
Why does the blender have holes in it? It's like the game VCD.
Don't Look 3 years ago
On that second photo I spent too long trying to figure out where his legs were.
SlartyBlartFast 3 years ago
Torn between eradicating this kind of ignorance and doing my best to educate it...
Mary Veltri 3 years ago
If it's an abortion why does the kid have clothes on? Also babies have bones. Aliens Injected them with a toxic vaccine
Thenatural 3 years ago
It's SATIRE FFS! ....I'm constantly amazed at how many on here just don't get the joke...
JessG 3 years ago
Sadly, it isn't. She put "MAGA" soo...yeah, they actually think these things
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But even if many of us know not to trust what uncle Bobby is saying about vaccines on his Facebook page (I hope), reading a scientific paper can be really challenging and time-consuming. "I think there are some websites that are fairly trusted," Gorfinkel said. "Medscape, for example, tries to bring information to people in their own language. It's not perfect, but it is available in German, Portuguese, Spanish, and French. Then there's WebMD, MedlinePlus, Drugs.com. There's a whole bunch of these websites that are actually quite good."
For the so-called orphan conditions — diseases that are so rare, there isn't enough resources on them — Gorfinkel suggested Orpha.net.
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Helen Haley 3 years ago
At least it was a polite way to inform you of their stupid. Makes it easier to avoid them.
If you are still concerned about the validity of a certain piece, you will probably have to inspect it yourself.
What is to stop any doctor or professor from writing an opinion piece? Nothing, but this is where peer reviews come into play. "That's where other doctors and professors who have nothing to gain from what's published, look at the paper and say, 'Yes, this is actually true.' So look for things that are peer-reviewed, look for at least an editorial board. Again, that's a safeguard to prevent any one person's opinion from becoming a fact because peer reviews and editorial boards keep doctors in line in terms of making sure that what is said is accurate," Gorfinkel explained.
The sources that Gorfinkel mentioned earlier, like WebMD, publish some research studies that require huge funding. So looking at the funding source matters too — is there a conflict of interest?
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Kirsten Kerkhof 3 years ago
It is such a pity because it is a technically very accomplished tattoo.
Of course, when a particular paper was written is important as well because, as Gorfinkel highlighted, what may have been relevant, say for COVID-19, even in 2020 is, for the most part, not relevant at all in 2021.
Generally, when you notice medical information online, it's probably best to approach it with caution. "If there is a promise of a miracle cure, that should ring alarm bells big time," Gorfinkel said. "A lot of complex problems, including depression, anxiety, hair loss, acne; a lot of these problems are actually complicated, and they don't have one single solution. This is especially true when things promise very quick answers, and often at a price."
It's always a good idea to run these ideas by either your family doctor or a pharmacist before investing in them.
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Doctor Gorfinkel also added a very important piece of information: the United States and Canada do not monitor natural products. "Whether or not it's made in trusted countries, understand that they generally will fall under a separate category that does not have to fulfill the requirements of standard drugs."
This can become a problem because there's really nothing to stop natura-ceuticals and that includes the entire vitamin industry and the mineral industry. "There is no one to police what's in that stuff. And for the most part, there's no one there to pull it off the shelves," Gorfinkel explained.
"Moreover, these products tend to be some of the highest profit margin products available in stores. Often, they're placed right next to the normal pharmacy so that people can 'self-medicate.' But much of that has no evidence base whatsoever."
Because no one's watching, the potential for having these products adulterated with potentially toxic elements is very high. This is true for the probiotics industry as well as the prebiotics industry.
"I don't think people realize what's happening," Gorfinkel said. "There was a study done in the United States where they went into Walmart, and pulled off natura-ceuticals just off the shelf, and found that there was no correlation between what was on the label and what was actually in the bottle."
When experts checked probiotics in Toronto (this was the Department of Family Practice at the St. Michael's Hospital), they just took 12 random things off the shelf, gave them to the microbiology lab, and found the same: no correlation between what was promised to be in the bottle and what was actually in the bottle.
"So if there are promises that sound too good to be true, bottom line, they probably are," Gorfinkel said. And this sadly applies to more than just online medical takes.
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Chris Wade 3 years ago
Was this tweeted in 1860 or something? Cause, boy, have I got news for you, Andrea.
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Helen Haley 3 years ago
Do incels post everywhere, or is there just an alarming number of them?
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Sonya Jersey 3 years ago
wait until you find out that you can die from badly infected and untreated teeth
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Anyone-for-tea? 3 years ago
WT absolute F? I feel sorry for her daughters having such a hateful, uninformed mother. And poor Taylor Swift, not that I think she would have seen this, but it reminds me of Ellen trying to shame her about her rumoured relationships, and wouldn’t take no for an answer.
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earringnut 3 years ago
It's an unpopular opinion because most people have a post dark ages level of education.
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Lord Ponsonby 3 years ago
I try to see it like a zoo... a zoo and I'm a visiting alien. The slight separation encourages a sense of amusement rather than despair
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Dave 3 years ago
There is just too much stupid in this post to read it without feeling physical pain. These people then go and have kids. This right here is one of the main reasons why every person/couple who wants kids should get a licence that they are in fact mentally and economically and intellectually capable of raising a child.
Leo Domitrix 3 years ago
i'd like to say these are all fringe nutjobs, but if you work around medical situations .... yeah, you hear people say this and say, "but it was on my mother's cousin's firend's co-worker's feed!".... *sigh*
Lord Ponsonby 3 years ago
@Leo, could corona virus be a conspiracy to kill stupid people?
Load More Replies... Bill Evs 3 years ago
Though the internet is a great invention one of the major downsides is it gives a platform for any nutter to spout whatever drivel they feel like. Worse still is for every handful of intelligent people who see stuff like that and dismiss it (as it deserves to be) there are a few nutters in waiting who read and think "yeah, that makes sense to me, I'll believe it without question".
Sky Render 3 years ago
And now for your daily dose of disappointment: there have been people this badly informed for a VERY long time. The internet has just given them a voice, and a means to reach out and misinform other, similarly gullible people. You're welcome!
Raoul L'artiste 3 years ago
I dont but I know some ex friends who would fit perfectly in this list.
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Charlotte Yu 3 years ago (edited)
Dumb ways to live, so many dumb ways to live, dumb ways to li-i-ive so many dumb was to live. Pretend your opinions are facts, a douche is how you act, engage in flat earth pacts, keep tweeting and don't redact. Dumb ways to live, so many dumb ways to live, dub ways to li-i-ive so many dumb ways to live.
Consequential_mishaps 3 years ago
It's amazing how easily you can spot maga people 95% of the time without ever having discussed politics with them
Donna Rakowiecki 3 years ago
This is a very troublesome read for the educated human. It's hard for us to accept this many people are this stupid.
Charlotte A. 3 years ago
So many of these have the text cut off to the point where they are unreadable... Also I'm hoping most are jokes and sarcasm. I don't think I've ever felt the urge to facepalm so many times in one day, before.
L.M. Frazer 3 years ago (edited)
I love the one they ended on....if true, this post makes me want to eat a dozen eggs a day haha
Amanda Panda 3 years ago
This is so defeating. The number of really genuinely dumb people in the world is not a small percentage. It doesn't help that one of the major religions actively discourages critical thinking. I just... can't.
Terry Tobias 3 years ago
I have a headache now. How can i cure it? Should I lift weights, become a vegan, go through childbirth...?
pusheen buttercup 3 years ago
As much as I am tempted to be upset, these people need help. If they go on believing incorrectly it could hurt them or others. They think they're helping, but they don't realize they have been misinformed or that something is only partially true. Please talk to a doctor or nurse before making changes people!
Tom Hanlin 3 years ago
I am baffled at how many people don't get the fact that most of these are jokes.
Nikki Sevven 3 years ago
Does anyone else have a vicious headache and severe depression after reading these? Yikes.
John Baker 3 years ago
Some of these are obviously jokes, and at least one really doesn't belong on this list. The rest are literally so f*****g stupid they need to be sterilized and isolated for the good of society.
Sean Harrison 3 years ago
People like this are why I support mandatory IQ tests in order to both have children and vote.
Brian Bennett 3 years ago
Dear panda people : I'm sorry I mouthed off so badly at this stupidity, the more I read I really didn't think people could be this stupid and the dumber they are the more other dumb people believe them. This is the way a pandemic starts. Deliver us from these evil producing stupid people.
Daphne Williams 3 years ago
Some of these are very obviously jokes or people trolling. Don't feel good labeling people stupid if you can't recognize dark humor.
Leslie Burleson 3 years ago
You lost me with the repeat vaccine posts. I'm so over people fighting about that . Pick a new joke
Tobin Kern 3 years ago
Where is Dr. Fauci in this? Now that those emails were released, he has a few eggs on his face lol
William Teach 3 years ago
You know, these people are stupid. We can all agree on that, right? Interestingly, though, Bored Panda has taken a stand against shaming people, yet, that's what this post is about. And the site is more than willing to shame people for being dumb.
Seabeast 3 years ago
It's one thing to be stupid. It's quite another to confidently parade your stupidity all over the internet and insist that you're right and other people are wrong.
Load More Replies... Lord Ponsonby 3 years ago
I try to see it like a zoo... a zoo and I'm a visiting alien. The slight separation encourages a sense of amusement rather than despair
Load More Replies... Dave 3 years ago
There is just too much stupid in this post to read it without feeling physical pain. These people then go and have kids. This right here is one of the main reasons why every person/couple who wants kids should get a licence that they are in fact mentally and economically and intellectually capable of raising a child.
Leo Domitrix 3 years ago
i'd like to say these are all fringe nutjobs, but if you work around medical situations .... yeah, you hear people say this and say, "but it was on my mother's cousin's firend's co-worker's feed!".... *sigh*
Lord Ponsonby 3 years ago
@Leo, could corona virus be a conspiracy to kill stupid people?
Load More Replies... Bill Evs 3 years ago
Though the internet is a great invention one of the major downsides is it gives a platform for any nutter to spout whatever drivel they feel like. Worse still is for every handful of intelligent people who see stuff like that and dismiss it (as it deserves to be) there are a few nutters in waiting who read and think "yeah, that makes sense to me, I'll believe it without question".
Sky Render 3 years ago
And now for your daily dose of disappointment: there have been people this badly informed for a VERY long time. The internet has just given them a voice, and a means to reach out and misinform other, similarly gullible people. You're welcome!
Raoul L'artiste 3 years ago
I dont but I know some ex friends who would fit perfectly in this list.
Load More Replies... Charlotte Yu 3 years ago (edited)
Dumb ways to live, so many dumb ways to live, dumb ways to li-i-ive so many dumb was to live. Pretend your opinions are facts, a douche is how you act, engage in flat earth pacts, keep tweeting and don't redact. Dumb ways to live, so many dumb ways to live, dub ways to li-i-ive so many dumb ways to live.
Consequential_mishaps 3 years ago
It's amazing how easily you can spot maga people 95% of the time without ever having discussed politics with them
Donna Rakowiecki 3 years ago
This is a very troublesome read for the educated human. It's hard for us to accept this many people are this stupid.
Charlotte A. 3 years ago
So many of these have the text cut off to the point where they are unreadable... Also I'm hoping most are jokes and sarcasm. I don't think I've ever felt the urge to facepalm so many times in one day, before.
L.M. Frazer 3 years ago (edited)
I love the one they ended on....if true, this post makes me want to eat a dozen eggs a day haha
Amanda Panda 3 years ago
This is so defeating. The number of really genuinely dumb people in the world is not a small percentage. It doesn't help that one of the major religions actively discourages critical thinking. I just... can't.
Terry Tobias 3 years ago
I have a headache now. How can i cure it? Should I lift weights, become a vegan, go through childbirth...?
pusheen buttercup 3 years ago
As much as I am tempted to be upset, these people need help. If they go on believing incorrectly it could hurt them or others. They think they're helping, but they don't realize they have been misinformed or that something is only partially true. Please talk to a doctor or nurse before making changes people!
Tom Hanlin 3 years ago
I am baffled at how many people don't get the fact that most of these are jokes.
Nikki Sevven 3 years ago
Does anyone else have a vicious headache and severe depression after reading these? Yikes.
John Baker 3 years ago
Some of these are obviously jokes, and at least one really doesn't belong on this list. The rest are literally so f*****g stupid they need to be sterilized and isolated for the good of society.
Sean Harrison 3 years ago
People like this are why I support mandatory IQ tests in order to both have children and vote.
Brian Bennett 3 years ago
Dear panda people : I'm sorry I mouthed off so badly at this stupidity, the more I read I really didn't think people could be this stupid and the dumber they are the more other dumb people believe them. This is the way a pandemic starts. Deliver us from these evil producing stupid people.
Daphne Williams 3 years ago
Some of these are very obviously jokes or people trolling. Don't feel good labeling people stupid if you can't recognize dark humor.
Leslie Burleson 3 years ago
You lost me with the repeat vaccine posts. I'm so over people fighting about that . Pick a new joke
Tobin Kern 3 years ago
Where is Dr. Fauci in this? Now that those emails were released, he has a few eggs on his face lol
William Teach 3 years ago
You know, these people are stupid. We can all agree on that, right? Interestingly, though, Bored Panda has taken a stand against shaming people, yet, that's what this post is about. And the site is more than willing to shame people for being dumb.
Seabeast 3 years ago
It's one thing to be stupid. It's quite another to confidently parade your stupidity all over the internet and insist that you're right and other people are wrong.
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