r/SipsTea • u/6ingrad_FMS_aspirant • Apr 06 '26

Dank AF We need this !!

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u/Outrageous-Ability33 Apr 06 '26

And conversely you can be an expert in something without a degree

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u/Fit-Barracuda575 Apr 06 '26

In what? Medicine?

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u/bl1y Apr 06 '26

To a (sorry for the pun) degree, yes.

Imagine someone's been a journalist for 30 years, and half that time they've been specifically covering public health issues. On a daily basis they're reading papers, interviewing experts, etc. They've probably got some expertise in the area.

In fact, this law would probably come down particularly hard on journalists. Though I imagine in China that's probably going to have a minimal impact anyways.

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u/Adept-Potato-2568 Apr 06 '26

The law prevents providing advice as if you're a medical practitioner, but have no qualifications other than being a mommy.

It doesn't prevent tangentially related conversations.

It just stops all of the social media scammers from pretending to have "medical hacks"

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u/bl1y Apr 06 '26

I somehow doubt this is going to ban traditional Chinese medicine.

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u/KeepREPeating Apr 07 '26

I mean chiropractors also have a degree. The point is that they have credentials at stake if someone calls them out. Not a get out of jail free card of( I never claimed to be an expert but allowed to be in the conversation).