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I forgot entirely about self medication for simple ailments. I had to get penicillin on the down low when I contracted scarlet fever.


The easy problems in medicine are vastly easier than programming. You don't need a doctor to solve them for you, all you need is his permission to implement the well known solution.

If you have an Iranian girlfriend, all you need is for her to smuggle you bootleg medicine when she visits her family. That's what I did.

(Yes, Iran has more medical freedom than the us.)




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