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Aristus

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42. My mother-in-law died from leukemia that went untreated until it was too late

Mon Dec 9, 2024, 04:22 PM

Dec 9

because she was rich, and bought into a lot of 'holistic medical treatment for rich idiots' hooey. She went to a resort in Mexico to get coffee enemas and shit like that, instead of going to trained medical professionals for proper treatment. She was another casualty of the paralyzingly stupid trend in this country in which right-wing media outlets sow mistrust and suspicion for professional experts.

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My mother-in-law died from leukemia that went untreated until it was too late Aristus Dec 9 #42

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