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Re:FDA clears first over-the-counter continuous glucose monitor by saagarjha on Wednesday March 06, 2024 @02:25PM (#39620122)
See, my point is that they’ll do it already when it’s not even reasonable to do so. So when they take your phone away, which can be done so more credibly, why would you expect more protections?
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Re:FDA clears first over-the-counter continuous glucose monitor by bschne on Wednesday March 06, 2024 @02:29PM (#39620176)
Do they? I'm not aware of cases (but generally not up to date on topics like this, genuinely curious)
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Re:FDA clears first over-the-counter continuous glucose monitor by pastage on Wednesday March 06, 2024 @03:02PM (#39620635)
Call it malice or ignorance, it is hard to tell. I have personally visited someone who did not get insulin for a whole night in jail, ended up with extremly high blood sugar (DKA) (s)he had to be hospitilized for three days. There were no penalties for the officers.

Basically someone with diabetes can seem to be a very unhealthy and drunk person, and people do not tend to take these people serisouly.

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