Amazing as it may seem, Andrea Peabody of Des Moines, Iowa, accomplished two things for her home city at once: this is the first time Des Moines has ever been in the news for anything and that news is about how she actually heeded medical advice she received online and did not die.
Right now crowds grow around her house, irate that she survived their bad advice. Jennifer Lawrence and Jim Carrey have announced they will initiate immediate legal proceedings as they gave her the worst possible medical advice and yet she did not die. Naturally, they are furious.
There are repercussions all through Facebook as Andrea Peabody's survival shows more and more of them that bad online medical advice may not be enough to kill people anymore. They gather in emergency Facebook groups to pose the question, what more can we do to destroy any confidence people have in medicine and make ourselves look knowledgeable even though we are not.
Perhaps you wonder how Jim Carrey got into this but he has grown himself a hipster beard, sadly long after his hipster days were over, and is preaching the merits of Anti-Vax. Maybe we can look forward to him touring with Kirk Cameron to talk about Jesus. The Carrey and Cameron "Jesus and Anti-Vax" Tour ... I can hardly wait.
Wolf Blitzer asked Ms Peabody what medical advice she had taken which had not killed her and she told him of the wondrous cure for toenail fungus.
Blitzer: What is toenail fungus?
Peabody: I don't know but I heard about it on a commercial on television and I wanted advice on how to be sure I don't get it. I saw some informational graphics on Facebook and, based on their advice, I bought a bottle of powdered penguin toes for $14.95 from Vestal Virgins No Bullshit Medical Company and now I'm sure I'm protected.
Blitzer: But you don't have any feet.
Peabody: Sadly, no. I had a lawnmower and got advice online on how to use it.
Right now crowds grow around her house, irate that she survived their bad advice. Jennifer Lawrence and Jim Carrey have announced they will initiate immediate legal proceedings as they gave her the worst possible medical advice and yet she did not die. Naturally, they are furious.
There are repercussions all through Facebook as Andrea Peabody's survival shows more and more of them that bad online medical advice may not be enough to kill people anymore. They gather in emergency Facebook groups to pose the question, what more can we do to destroy any confidence people have in medicine and make ourselves look knowledgeable even though we are not.
Perhaps you wonder how Jim Carrey got into this but he has grown himself a hipster beard, sadly long after his hipster days were over, and is preaching the merits of Anti-Vax. Maybe we can look forward to him touring with Kirk Cameron to talk about Jesus. The Carrey and Cameron "Jesus and Anti-Vax" Tour ... I can hardly wait.
Wolf Blitzer asked Ms Peabody what medical advice she had taken which had not killed her and she told him of the wondrous cure for toenail fungus.
Blitzer: What is toenail fungus?
Peabody: I don't know but I heard about it on a commercial on television and I wanted advice on how to be sure I don't get it. I saw some informational graphics on Facebook and, based on their advice, I bought a bottle of powdered penguin toes for $14.95 from Vestal Virgins No Bullshit Medical Company and now I'm sure I'm protected.
Blitzer: But you don't have any feet.
Peabody: Sadly, no. I had a lawnmower and got advice online on how to use it.
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