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@macarthy
June 7, 2026 at 11:17 am
What a bout a talk the problem with the USA healthcare system
@gehteuchnixan9027
June 7, 2026 at 10:00 pm
Why aren’t we even talking about America’s problems? 😳 America as we know it is on the verge of disappearing…
@heathermo5028
June 7, 2026 at 11:23 am
Thank you, very helpful information. I’m guilty of googling symptoms a lot.
@heathermo5028
June 7, 2026 at 11:24 am
Thank you 👏🏻
@Classical_Music_Junkie_83
June 7, 2026 at 11:56 am
My sis does when I tell her how I am doing and what docs have said – I don’t. A “friend” of mine does it all the time I mention things. I have not yet been successful in making them stop. I don’t want to know. If I want to know things I ask my “family doc”. For the rest: unis, … official sites – and never for a diagnosis. AI? Only over my dead body.
Or: how to make google not to suggest the worst possible case but the most common ones? If it goes on with people looking up their symptoms, I’d much rather get rid of google search and all other ai on all phones worldwide to stop that.
@RoyScott-r8b
June 7, 2026 at 12:33 pm
Google search your health issues, you’re just asking Gemini AI.
Trust that do you?
@Harrypain_for_UCL
June 7, 2026 at 1:04 pm
Title abit misleading
@darinherrick9224
June 7, 2026 at 2:13 pm
In my case the problem is between alternative healthcare and Google I know what’s happening to me (I’m having repeat stage 1 heart attacks and silent strokes, coronary spasms and cerebral vascular spasms), but MDs don’t believe me, don’t know what’s causing it after $40,000 of tests, and don’t care.
@darinherrick9224
June 7, 2026 at 2:19 pm
It’s really frustrating when you know exactly what you have and the doctor won’t believe you. I’ve heard a lot of “it CAN’T be that. That’s a RARE condition.” Like rare conditions are impossible.
@berational4716
June 7, 2026 at 2:35 pm
Dr Google was 4 years ago before ChatGPT.
@gehteuchnixan9027
June 7, 2026 at 2:46 pm
I googled my ailment; I have Parkinson’s, a blown head gasket, or electrical fluctuations. 😂
@ExistentialWolf
June 7, 2026 at 2:58 pm
People aren’t like an F150, where a scan tool indicates a bulb out. Medicine is a chronicle of pathology that requires intervention. There is no medical benefit for googling your perceived medical problems. A doctor is there to see what’s wrong with you, because you don’t know (what to search).
@47retta
June 7, 2026 at 11:34 pm
I’m glad this guy isn’t my doctor. When I go on Chat GPT, it remembers all the history I have told it, even if I ask another question later on down the road on an unrelated issue. You certainly can’t depend on a doctor who spends about 10 minutes with you to Do anything useful for you? If your disease doesn’t fit in their cookie cutter model, you’re probably not going to get an accurate diagnosis, they’re mainly good for broken bones and surgery, trauma, etc. I haven’t used WebMD in many years. It’s nothing like Chat GPT or other AI. I prefer the functional medicine or alternative medicine model. You can go the allopathic route if you have all your trust in big pharma, And don’t mind being on a bunch of drugs.
@Humway45
June 8, 2026 at 1:22 am
Thanks ❤
@hijabiqueen-l3y
June 8, 2026 at 8:14 am
Thanks for the Reminder TMI=Too much Information is not good sometimes,
I need to built self control not to listen Dr. GOOGLE🙏😭
@prathameshsonar
June 8, 2026 at 8:41 am
got anxious on the pace of thevid video , watched it on 1.25 peroxide, whats the dignosys
@dove72
June 8, 2026 at 10:37 am
This was not informative. We don’t need a 15-minute talk to tell us the obvious — to use trusted sources and corroborate.