[old scientist, pointing at some data] After decades of research, thousands of experiments, a massive amount of peer reviewing, we can finally confidently conclude...
[smug dude with a ridiculous hairstyle] Uh yeah, but this TikTok by PatriotEagle1776 says your research is wrong
As someone with a chronic incurable disability, I'm tired of abled bodied people deciding for us which of our experiences count as 'evidence' and which do not.
People have this perception of modern medicine as an infallible cure-all that isn't saddled with systemic discrimination and neglect of women and minorities.
It doesn't matter how effective a medication is for a certain condition or for off label use. The only thing that matters is that that clinical trials are worth the investment to pharmaceutical companies, and the people most worth investing into are those with money and the privilege of being heard by their doctors.
The rest of us can continue screaming into the void as our symptoms are dismissed and as we are treated like unreliable witnesses to our own bodies. 'Have you tried yoga?' 'You just need to lose weight.' 'Abdominal pain? It's just your period.' We are treated like we aren't trying our hardest to live with every symptom. And then when we find something that works, we are told that 'it's not covered by insurance' or 'there is no evidence that it works' or 'it's just placebo'. It's like nothing we feel in our body is true and everything we say is treated as a drugseeking lie.
Fuck the cherry picked 'evidence'. The system is broken and chronically ill people are left to suffer.