▲ 427 ▼ What's a true fact that is so misleading it's borderline misinformation? (lemmy.world) submitted 3 years ago by 6mementomori@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml 319 comments fedilink hide all child comments 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?
[–] suspicious_dog@lemmy.world 5 points 3 years ago (1 child) I don’t get it… I dumb. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Firefly7@lemmy.blahaj.zone 31 points 3 years 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] AlligatorBlizzard@sh.itjust.works 28 points 3 years ago (1 child) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Firefly7@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 3 years ago My bad, I didn’t know HRT was a term used outside of transgender healthcare. Thank you for the info! permalink fedilink source parent [–] wumpus@latte.isnot.coffee 11 points 3 years 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. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Firefly7@lemmy.blahaj.zone 31 points 3 years 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] AlligatorBlizzard@sh.itjust.works 28 points 3 years ago (1 child) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Firefly7@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 3 years ago My bad, I didn’t know HRT was a term used outside of transgender healthcare. Thank you for the info! permalink fedilink source parent [–] wumpus@latte.isnot.coffee 11 points 3 years 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. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] AlligatorBlizzard@sh.itjust.works 28 points 3 years ago (1 child) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Firefly7@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 3 years ago My bad, I didn’t know HRT was a term used outside of transgender healthcare. Thank you for the info! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Firefly7@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 3 years ago My bad, I didn’t know HRT was a term used outside of transgender healthcare. Thank you for the info! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] wumpus@latte.isnot.coffee 11 points 3 years 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. permalink fedilink source parent