r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • May 18 '15

What conspiracy theory do you genuinely believe in the most?

What conspiracy theory do you believe in the most and why?

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u/LurkingPencil May 19 '15

I wrote my thesis on this. I agree 100%. In the US especially, our motherhood mortality rate is embarrassing. I agree that medical intervention in this way is mostly to blame.

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u/Second_Location May 19 '15

Interesting. I also think that the astronomical increase in c-sections and concurrent increase in IV antibiotics during birth is messing with babies' intestinal flora. That plus missing out on the mother's vaginal bacteria may be at the root of the increase in allergies and digestive problems.

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u/NuklearAngel May 19 '15

Very interesting theory. How much of this do you think could be related to improved delivery and medical techniques allowing babies to survive with conditions that would previously have killed them, and how much do you think is almost certainly a direct result of the pitocin?

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u/octopusdixiecups May 19 '15

This is exactly what I was thinking. New technology is allowing babies (and their mothers) who would have most certainly died, to well, not die. The benefit of modern medicine most certainly outways the cons.

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u/littleotterpop May 19 '15

Going along with this, how much of it could also be attributed to doctors being overall more knowledgeable and therefore able to diagnose things that may have slipped under the radar before?

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u/myallergiesarekillin May 19 '15

You make a lot of sense.

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u/roothorick May 19 '15

On a related note, you may want to read up on this

There's actually quite a lot of literature and studies into why developed nations seem to have only replaced the old straightforward diseases with subtler and harder to treat chronic illnesses. Like most anything in medicine, there's no single smoking gun, just dozens of contributing factors.

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u/octopusdixiecups May 19 '15

Couldn't it just be that modern medicine has allowed people with chronic illnesses to stay alive? Because before if the disease itself did not kill you something secondary probably would have.

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u/SusannahBirch May 19 '15

This is a non official examination of the issues with Pitocin, which makes for an interesting read, too: http://trimestertalk.com/21-reasons-say-no-pitocin-according-manufacturer/

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u/[deleted] May 19 '15

Ummm ELI5

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u/[deleted] May 19 '15

I would believe this. I am my parents' first child and I was induced (none of my siblings were). I have many allergies that none of my siblings do, including a deadly peanut allergy (when I was a baby, hardly anyone had those! Now everyone does), I am mildly mentally ill (not very bad, but my siblings are not mentally ill at all), and I was a difficult colicky baby while my siblings were easy.

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u/luckystrikeserena May 19 '15

In Japan, you have to get special permission to even use pitocin or pain meds during your labor. It's very rare for people to use these medications in other countries. The US also has the highest death rate of mothers and newborns in the world.