Personally, I think some people over-cook things. Not all medical professionals are shills, and they go through a rigorous education process to get their doctorate. Facts don't sit on their own, and the human body is a complex web of interactions, consequences, and probabilities. No amount of Google and Social Media is going to turn the layman into a Doctor, and doctors aren't measured on the worse among them. If you have a bad doctor, you don't ditch medicine, you change the doctor.
I'm on medications, several actually. Life got better with some of them, others are about things that aren't based on feel, and is more chasing numbers - such as blood pressure numbers. Personally, I think not taking the medications would be irresponsible. I want to be around as long as possible, and in the best health possible. That's the goals of of managing blood pressure.
I'm reminded of those who smoke for all of their adult life, but never get cancer of breathing issues. Yes, they exist, but they don't represent every smoker.
It's fashionable in 2025 to undermine authority at every turn. Experts are belittled and ridiculed. We should remember, facts are facts, without facts you can't have truth, without truth you can't have trust. It's the systematic destruction of our societies from within. Social Media has been co-opted by polarized and dis-informed.
Yes, medicine is a business, and that affects all. On the other hand, medicine and diet is the reason we have an average lifespan for humans is now 73 years. But in the UK, for males it's 79, and for women 83. The average lie expectancy in 1950 (globally) was just 48 years old.
So yeah, there are horror stories, but we shouldn't go too far with it. Doctor's do a lot of good work, and medications can work magic. It's a far from perfect system, but it's sure better than Google alone.
