I wouldn't put the Daily Mail under my chickens' roost
……… in general the media cherry pick what will sell papers. I remember reading a scare story in 1 'daily' but the Research was over 50 years old when we looked into it, but it had been written as though it was 'new' findings. Trouble is, the 'dailies' don't put References, Calls for Papers etc. so there is little way of checking how much might be true.
Children had polio in my day so either didn't live long enough or didn't survive cancer, until more recently. There wasn't the media coverage, children were encouraged not to ask questions …… teachers knew but we weren't told if a child disappeared.
Stop reading the 'dailies'
and remember, we did without GOOGLE until a few years ago. It would never cross my mind to look up illnesses
- I would go to a Pharmacist or my GP/Practice Nurse for advice. This is however, OT - we have a health anxiety thread.
I have been anxiety free since Friday morning