Nofbar:
I can't help but wonder if there will come a day when fat people are forced to take such drugs.
Munchies:
What kind of dystopian novels have you been reading lately? We don't do that for any other medical condition. So why would we do this for obesity?
There are so many amazing medications variety of things. However, we do not force people to take these medications as a blanket thing to do. Why? Because it would be unwise.
Often, whatever medical condition a person has can be resolved with lifestyle changes. However, if that doesn't work, then the doctor may supplement other things as well. Sometimes, it's medication. Sometimes it's something else. However, since not all patients are created equally, they may not be candidates for specific treatments for a variety of reasons. Adding to that, you can refuse the treatment.
This doesn't even consider the economic, legal, and ethical reasons why no one is going to force every fat person to take medication and lose weight. Yet, Y'all are worrying over nothing.
Nofbar:
Over the past two years, people have been fired and so on for refusing to take Covid vaccine. I myself took it, but there you go -- people being forced to take a particular drug.
Munchies:
Are you comparing obesity to a global pandemic? Because that's what that sounds like.
Nofbar:
I'm not comparing anything. I just pointed out a drug people have been forced to take. Obesity is often hyped as a global pandemic. I'm afraid of busybodies making sloppy comparisons with epidemics and forcing weight loss on people. You've most certainly heard the proposals now and then to do that. I've known several people who were told to lose weight or be fired. Some took phen-fen because no other measure worked. So there's being forced, but not so publicly visible.
I can't help but wonder if there will come a day when fat people are forced to take such drugs.
Munchies:
What kind of dystopian novels have you been reading lately? We don't do that for any other medical condition. So why would we do this for obesity?
There are so many amazing medications variety of things. However, we do not force people to take these medications as a blanket thing to do. Why? Because it would be unwise.
Often, whatever medical condition a person has can be resolved with lifestyle changes. However, if that doesn't work, then the doctor may supplement other things as well. Sometimes, it's medication. Sometimes it's something else. However, since not all patients are created equally, they may not be candidates for specific treatments for a variety of reasons. Adding to that, you can refuse the treatment.
This doesn't even consider the economic, legal, and ethical reasons why no one is going to force every fat person to take medication and lose weight. Yet, Y'all are worrying over nothing.
Nofbar:
Over the past two years, people have been fired and so on for refusing to take Covid vaccine. I myself took it, but there you go -- people being forced to take a particular drug.
Munchies:
Are you comparing obesity to a global pandemic? Because that's what that sounds like.
Nofbar:
I'm not comparing anything. I just pointed out a drug people have been forced to take. Obesity is often hyped as a global pandemic. I'm afraid of busybodies making sloppy comparisons with epidemics and forcing weight loss on people. You've most certainly heard the proposals now and then to do that. I've known several people who were told to lose weight or be fired. Some took phen-fen because no other measure worked. So there's being forced, but not so publicly visible.
Okay, but even then, your comparison makes no sense. In relation to the COVID vaccines, there was a public health and safety emergency. But even then, not every took it due to distrust, religious reasons, or health reasons.
As for the obesity related firings, it sucks, but it's too localized for it to be anything like what you are describing. And in some cases, firing someone for being too fat can be illegal and grounds for a lawsuit:
www.findlaw.com/legalblogs/law-and-life/i-was-fired-for-being-overweight-do-i-have-a-case/
So, again, what you said makes no sense. You are so busy being paranoid that you aren't thinking critically.
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