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Re:Study Reveals U.S. Consumers and Economy Lose Billions to... by mcguire on Friday December 14, 2018 @09:07PM (#18686592)
I'll wager you also haven't had chemical burns to your scalp, either. Weirdly, there was just a thread on Berkson's paradox: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18667423
Re:Study Reveals U.S. Consumers and Economy Lose Billions to... by Consultant32452 on Saturday December 15, 2018 @03:48AM (#18687677)
I feel like this is a bias first world people have. I grew up poor, got plenty of haircuts from "a lady in the neighborhood" and never got chemical burns on my scalp, never had lice, etc. Sure, anecdata, but travel to basically any third world country where regulation is either nonexistent or unenforceable. Countless people do this every year. These things just aren't a real problem. You can get a haircut, you can get street food, etc. Basically just eat where the locals are eating and be careful about water/drinks that haven't been boiled. In other words, drink hot tea instead of water, or bottled stuff.