• ThunderWhiskers@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    I’m morbidly curious how antivaxers would respond if some YouTuber started telling them that leeching could “suck out the Rona”.

    …Who am I kidding, we already know.

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      4 months ago

      I’m only surprised such a suggestion didn’t get to and get disseminated by Trump.

      I guess it’s hard to find leeches these days. I wouldn’t know where to get one other than a pond in an area known to have leeches.

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        4 months ago

        Ironically, medical leeches and maggots are still used in modern medicine under extremely rare conditions. They are specific species bred in labs for that purpose however.

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    4 months ago

    What else is there to do, when their humours are unbalanced? Too much blood is very unhealthy, after all. I wish we had leeches to suck up bile as well, but medical sciences have not advanced to that pinnacle of bliss just yet.

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    4 months ago

    Blood gets replaced when you don’t have enough.

    Our blood is full of microplastics.

    Fresh blood is not.

    Conclusion: leaches can suck the microplastics out of our body.

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    Leeching in Vinland costs 1000 wampum co-pay after insurance.

    Most of the ancient world gets leeched for free or low cost under public healthcare systems.