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rtxn
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Radiation exposure is cumulative. Whether one subscribes to the LNT or hormesis model (yes, I watch Kyle Hill), there is a huge difference between a single chest x-ray and exposure even to the scattered radiation dozens of times a day for months.
If you want to be really pissed, read up on ~~doctor~~ disgraced former doctor, lifelong charlatan and grifter Andrew Wakefield. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Wakefield
He abused autistic kids in a medical experiment that was meant to convince both the public and the scientific community that a specific combined vaccine (measles-mumps-rubella, a.k.a MMR) could trigger some kind of bowel disease that causes autism, all so he could peddle his own alternative that is three separate shots.
I mean, he's not incorrect, but there's that saying about rocks and glass houses.
A majority of Canada's population lives in a straight line from Toronto to Québec, but they can't even manage that.
A massive high speed railway network across North America, coast to coast. Russia did it, China did it, most of Europe did it. Canada and the USA have no excuse.
You misunderstand. You have more credibility than the other person in the area of radiology. But you're also 20 replies deep into an argument where it's obvious that neither of you will give any ground, fighting over mostly semantics at this point. That's redditor behaviour.