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[โ€“] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 22 points 3 months ago (1 children)

you really haven't thought this through, have you?

Not only does this encourage scammers to scam people, which is itself obviously bad, but it also means that some people will buy these things instead of getting actual treatment.

[โ€“] dohpaz42@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

If people are getting their medical advice from a meme post in a meme community on a link aggregator on the Internet, I doubt there is much that actual science, education, and common sense can do to help.