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Re:The weak scientific case for emotional support animals by godzillabrennus on Tuesday February 27, 2018 @04:46PM (#16478265)
I am not a dog person but I know plenty of people who feel the same way. We should be doing more to support emotional support animals in general to help those afflicted. Mental health is something we as a society in America should be trying a lot of things to improve.

More dogs (especially French Bulldogs doing cute/funny things) is a good step forward.

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Re:The weak scientific case for emotional support animals by bentruyman on Tuesday February 27, 2018 @04:54PM (#16478351)
> We should be doing more to support emotional support animals in general to help those afflicted.

Did either you or the parent commenter read the entire article or the interview at the end? Nobody is saying support animals don't help in any way.

The whole discussion is about the lack of any serious studies or evidence that animals objectively help those with mental health issues, and how exactly they help. How can you say "we should be doing more to support" something without knowing if that thing is actually helping? This is the point of the article.

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Re:The weak scientific case for emotional support animals by bucketsjimbo on Tuesday February 27, 2018 @05:08PM (#16478457)
It paints it in a very negative light. Does not mention a single positive anecdote

Only says we don't know so they could be doing harm!

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Re:The weak scientific case for emotional support animals by cholantesh on Tuesday February 27, 2018 @05:30PM (#16478634)
Why would they bother including positive anecdota? They wouldn't strengthen the scientific case in the least.
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