Martha Debayle caused a stir in the social media after stating that old age is a disease and not a natural process.
According to her, a gene that is responsible for longevity can be activated, thus preventing aging
Users of digital platforms they have strongly criticized her, because they consider that the driver not only spreads false information. But it also endangers people’s health.
This time, the presenter was singled out after share on your official account from Twitter his interview with the biologist David Sinclair. According to your publication, and according to the advice of the biology teacher. It can activate a gene that takes care of longevity, thus preventing aging.
“We must stop thinking that aging is a common and natural process. Getting old is a disease and, as such, it is something that can be treated and even cured, ”she wrote in one of her Tweets, also an entrepreneur.
We must stop thinking that aging is a common and natural process.
Aging is a disease and, as such, it is something that can be treated or even cured.@davidasinclair— marthadebayle (@marthadebayle) March 9, 2022
Network users tunden Martha Debayle
Immediately after this publicationmany Twitter users began to tell him that he was in a error and that spread false information.
“Take care of who you invite to the program, do not bring charlatans”, “It is not a disease, it is a natural process. Please do not spread nonsense”, “You are terrified of what you cannot avoid, that you promote charlatanism”, are some comments that they left him.
Internet users indicated that Debayle’s post it was also dangerous to people’s health. Well, within the advice given by the biologist is to eat once a day and take supplements, something that It’s not advisable for many people.
Meanwhile, to support their arguments, Martha debayle uploaded a photo of Sinclair, who despite being 53 years old looks younger. However, the criticism continued, so the driver had to block some users, who they denounced this on said platform.
But how FALSE is this? At some point the WHO sought to include old age as a disease
The World Health Organization (WHO) sought to include old age as a “disease” in 2021. In a catalog that would be published next year.
However, through a statement, the continental organization indicated that the WHO will make the change in the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD) in its eleventh edition. Which should be published in January of next year.
The foregoing, highlighted the Committee, “will open the door to therapeutic considerations without a scientific basis” and “will reinforce the model of age discrimination. Contradicting the postulates of the WHO itself and the United Nations Organization”.
The medical institution stressed that old age “It is a stage of life, like childhood and adulthood.” So include it in the CIE “It’s a misconception.”
In this framework, he rejected the proposal and urged national governments and international organizations.
To “carry out the pertinent actions so as not to deepen the discriminatory model based on age and focus on the Decade of Healthy Aging 2020-2030. This, as a project that must culminate in a better world for all ages”.
Likewise, he recalled that a Multisectoral Action Plan was launched at the 69th World Health Assembly in 2016. in which it was called to “combat the stereotypes that currently define what it means to be old”. Likewise, it was indicated that ending discrimination on grounds of age “It must be paramount in any public health response to population aging.”
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