• Ogmios@sh.itjust.works
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    Honestly not a bad idea. Fluoride doesn’t actually provide much of any benefit for those who brush their teeth. If anything we ought to be asking why we keep spending money on it now that brushing is entirely normal.

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      20 hours ago

      Can some other ppl look at this guys account, it has the worst takes I’ve seen and just gets down voted everywhere. I can’t tell if this is a real person or a bit to spread chaos.

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        19 hours ago

        Tags are a useful feature. It’s how I still know that they’re a conservative dipshit when I discovered that fact months ago.

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            It’s been a feature in boost for a while called tags. I wonder if it uses the same backend functionality. Are you using an app or the web UI?

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      People brushed their teeth back when fluoride was first introduced too. It was normal back then. Fluoride still offered a benefit and it still does today. That’s how public health works, we look at the big numbers over time, like how many kids have teeth rotting out of their heads.

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      Because, the cost to rewards ratio is unbelievably high in this case. Putting fluoride into water is super cheap and the public benefit it creates is huge.

      This is especially important for parts of the population that depend on others for their healthcare (kids). If your parents didn’t teach your to brush your teeth, creating good habits and providing the right materials, the fluoride is going to do a lot for this children.

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        the public benefit it creates is huge

        Uh… the whole point I’m making is that the benefit is almost nonexistent.

        Are you basing your opinion entirely upon what sounds better to you politically, instead of actually knowing anything about the issue?

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          You’re just talking out of your ass. Why should anyone believe you? Where’s your data to support the idea that “most people brush”, and further that there isn’t any benefit for people who do brush?

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          1 day ago

          Now explain the downside. Given how cheap it is, I don’t see the problem even if you’re correct that the benefit is almost nonexistent.

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            I mean, whatever money value you want to attach, you’re still burning plenty of fossil fuels needlessly in it’s manufacture, transport and application. Takes up people’s time which could potentially be spent on more important things also. Just to spitball a few things that could be gained.

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              I mean, whatever money value you want to attach, you’re still burning plenty of fossil fuels needlessly in it’s manufacture, transport and application. Takes up people’s time which could potentially be spent on more important things also. Just to spitball a few things that could be gained.

              https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6195894/

              You made a typo, fixed it for you

              Fluoride does have some downsides, the major upside is dental caries prevention, because of the high carbohydrate default diet caries are very common

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      It’s not as common as you’d think unfortunately - and not all parents make their kids brush which is totally not their fault. So as long as it doesn’t harm anyone to keep it in and helps some why not?