I just mean listing the source as “the CDC” currently isn’t disproving that it’s made up anymore.
It may be accurate, but not because it is from the CDC anymore.
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Madison420@lemmy.world 2 days agoIn this case no. It’s the fact that we’re better at diagnosing things, any disease that doesn’t have active treatments is going to be similar.
You could do reports of ED over time and that graph is going to skyrocket not because it’s more or less common but rather more people are willing to get diagnosed to seek remediation. Right around the discovery of Viagra and it’s ilk you’d see skyrocketing ED diagnoses and it’s not like dicks just suddenly stopped working.
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piranhaconda@mander.xyz 2 days ago
Thought you meant Eating Disorders til the Viagra comment. Had to reread the whole thing
Mirshe@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Also, more kids are just getting diagnosed. Back when I was in school in the 90s, I was very lucky to be in a rich school district that actually taught teachers how to spot signs so they could recommend a screening, which the district would foot the bill for because they had a psychologist on staff. Now, more and more districts have people like that, and more and more teachers are taught how to spot early signs of autism (and more parents are aware of it) that kids who previously might have just been “weird kids” are actually getting diagnosed with autism.
I won’t deny a potential environmental link, but if there is one, it’s likely more linked to fossil fuels than anything. BUT that’s hard to get traction against, and it doesn’t have a magic bullet that’ll immediately “solve” the issue.