I wonder what the actual percentages are of people whose lives have actually been saved because of early screening?
How many people haved lived an extra 20, 30, 40 years only because “they caught it in time”, when the person was suffering no symptoms whatsoever? As opposed to someone only going to get tested after they noticed something was wrong?
It seems as though this constant promotion of check ups and screening is geared towards having us think we could all either live to be 100 or drop dead at 60....not based on diet and exercise, but based on getting those check ups and tests!
Like Brandon Straka, I’ve decided to “walk away” from the medical industrial complex.
Sometimes doctors can be very useful to fix a problem. But you know the old saying about how “if it’s not broken, don’t fix it”? I would take that a step further, and say “if it’s not broken, don’t examine it either”.
My father’ heart condition was caught by early screening. The resulting treatment allowed him to live 35 more years.
His brother did not go that route and got only 6 more years.
So, yeah, early screening does work. It catches things before it becomes inevitable that they will kill you sooner.