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What's a true fact that is so misleading it's borderline misinformation? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by 6mementomori@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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What would be some fact that, while true, could be told in a context or way that is misinfomating or make the other person draw incorrect conclusions?

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[–] Firefly7@lemmy.blahaj.zone 16 points 1 year ago (3 children)

People on HRT have a significantly higher mortality rate than people not on HRT

[–] AlligatorBlizzard@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago

In a similar vein, people on puberty blockers have a higher mortality rate.

(Because those medications are used in combination with other treatments to help treat certain cancers.)

[–] davidgro@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

This one is great, I absolutely believe that conservatives would (and I'm sure do) pass it around like some profound statement.

[–] suspicious_dog@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don’t get it… I dumb.

[–] Firefly7@lemmy.blahaj.zone 18 points 1 year ago (2 children)

HRT is short for Hormone Replacement Therapy, a treatment many transgender people use to feel more aligned with their gender identity. It's been proven to increase mental health, and has a low regret rate. However, it is correlated with higher mortality because trans people overall have a higher mortality rate and HRT is primarily used by trans people.

A more extreme example of the same thing would be "People on chemotherapy have a higher chance of dying from cancer than people not on chemotherapy." It's true, but only because people without cancer don't tend to enter chemotherapy.

[–] AlligatorBlizzard@sh.itjust.works 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Trans people on HRT may have a slightly higher mortality rate (the suicide rate declines significantly with HRT), but OPs statement is true because most people on HRT are cisgender and old - estrogen is a common treatment for menopause symptoms and products like androgel are specifically marketed to cis men with age related decline in testosterone.

[–] Firefly7@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 year ago

My bad, I didn’t know HRT was a term used outside of transgender healthcare. Thank you for the info!

[–] wumpus@latte.isnot.coffee 7 points 1 year ago

HRT was originally used to treat menopausal women at risk for osteoporosis, who are at higher risk due to being old.

I'm aware that transgenders also have a higher than otherwise expected mortality (whether taking hormones or not), but they may not be numerous enough to move the needle against millions of old women.