Quote Originally Posted by dreammanor View Post
China has the strangest medical system in the world: modern medicine and traditional medicine coexist. Those traditional medical experts gave the Chinese government improper precautions and unprofessional medical advice, such as "use traditional Chinese medicine for coronavirus" and "advise or even force ordinary people to wear masks." These unprofessional suggestions have caused panic and a shortage of medical supplies.
It may not be as different as you think. In Idaho (a fairly strange state by US standards), there is a STRONG faith healing lobby. If you aren't familiar with faith healing, it goes a bit beyond your "traditional medicine." They basically believe in nothing but prayer, which puts people in a serious bind. If something is readily curable with antibiotics, but the parents refuse, then what? What happens if the child dies? It's a contentious issue in this state.