I can’t find a diagnosis for Ted – but he can diagnose modern medicine
“Everything’s decided on thousands of people,” he told me. “That can’t possibly tell you what to do for any individual.”
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“Everything’s decided on thousands of people,” he told me. “That can’t possibly tell you what to do for any individual.”
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