Dental issues increased in Calgary and they voted to put it back.
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This is the way. The idiots have been coddled for generations. They need to have the experience of their teeth rotting out for themselves.
And what about the other 49% they dragged down with them? You've also just made everyone's dental insurance 10x more expensive. Thanks!
If you needed one last excuse to get out of Utah, then let this be it.
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I bet the idiots have shares in the dental industry though.
People are going to be whining about cavities, in fact people who went flouride free toothpaste and complained they got cavities and blamed in on the effectiveness of the toothpaste
It's because critical thinking is a dead skill in this country.
We have essentially trained an entire generation to not rely on critical thinking skills anymore. And apparently in the process of graduating a second generation of the same.
It is the plot of Idiocracy. Where the people don't even understand the things that affect them on a day-to-day basis they just know that "it's what plants crave"
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Dentists in ~~Florida~~ Utah: yesssss thanks for the increased business!
The Utah dental association was strongly against it. Dentists already make good money and most of them actually care about their patients health.
Dental health is also strongly correlated with cardiovascular disease and other diseases.
Yeah I'm in dental myself (another country), and when anti-fluoride patients come in, we generally sassily remark that we thank them for keeping us in business. Bit of dark humour to see the silver lining in things, I guess?
There have certainly been dental clinics going out of business in the last few years, something quite unheard of - unlike other 'new businesses', the success rate of opening a new dental clinic was normally guaranteed (unlike say a new cafe).
If the general population want to remove one of the best public health initiatives, then so be it. We'll make hay while the sun shines.
Bit of dark humour to see the silver lining in things, I guess?
Silver linings? Is that a dental filling turn of phrase? The joke doesn't work with composites though. :(
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why florida? i feel i've missed something
Last bullet point in OPs post:
- Similar legislation is proposed in Florida, emphasizing the importance of consent in public health measures.
thanks. i'm apparently still high from my saturday night
Want to see what happens when you do this?
https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/children-youth/childrens-headline-indicators/contents/indicator-7
Notice the two states with the highest rates of dental decay are Queensland and Northern Territory?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_fluoridation_in_Australia
Yeah, those states didn't get flouride in their water until around 2012.
Such a coincidence...
It's also completely silly because many places have naturally fluoridated water!
Yes but what about all the autism. Or mind controlling. Or whatever the hell it is that fluoride is evil for?
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RFK Jr. has criticized fluoride
Yeah see, that right there is the only thing you really need to see that the ban is a bad idea.
Shit; the serial killer sympathizers, racist, cousin fuckers, are about to add this to the list
Sorry to all my brits, I know this hits home.
To be fair, you can have more cavities and still not eat rocks
you underestimate how fragile teeth can be
There’s Swig all over the place in Utah… it’s literally liquified sugar. The dentists in that state are going to have an absolutely stellar future as their customers increase.
I'd agree, but Utah has an excessive glut of dentists. Folk who could be earning half a million annually working three days a week go to Utah and earn 75k.
The tooth fairy economy is about to face an inflation crisis.
Up next in Utah, higher dental insurance premiums, copays, and deductibles.
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They should put lead back into gasoline as well, while they're at it...and asbestos in a baby powder.
I've seen this parks and rec episode
Slaps dental premiums this baby is going places!
When I was younger, I was confused as to why fluoride was in water, since we would receive regular fluoride tablets in grade school. I’m sure not every school does that…
Sadly, this is unlikely to lead to the death of people, so it won't be reverted in a week, but have long lasting effects. I guess it's not a problem as long as there's a decent health infrastructure to hold up the increased issues, right?
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Somewhere there's a cabal of dentists sitting around a table in a dark and shadowy room cackling madly
DōTerra probably also behind this to an extent. Gotta find new ways to sell "essential" oils.
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I think I'm well past the point of caring if a bunch of conservative's teeth fall out.
As for those living there that are smarter than their conservative neighbors, honestly, we're heading toward a future in this country where you may actually need to move to a blue state to have a decent future. Sorry.
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