Reddit and What I Found There

On Reddit, some forums seemed to have familiar topics that I saw on Twitter such as the Flint water crisis and the Zika. Also, it seemed as if the people discussing public health on Reddit were on the same page as those on Twitter (hooray for social media).

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1. What kinds of things do people in the Reddit forums seem to be arguing about, debating, disagreeing about or otherwise engaging in meaningful exchanges of ideas about? Give us a descriptive and clear sense of the kinds of stories you're seeing in the Reddit forums.
The forums seem to be discussing about career advice in Public Health ranging from Bio statistics, internships at Public Health facilities to issues of Public Health such as the Zika virus (and its potential to be the tropical disease of 2016) and last but not least, the contamination of the water in good ol' Flint, Michigan. Also, there seems to be discussions about the prevention of STDs and statistics on them.

2. In your opinion, what are the two most interesting debates/disagreements you found in the Reddit forums? Hyperlink us to the two different Reddit threads and explain why you found those debates interesting. Be specific and honest and be yourself. I don't want you to blah-blah-blah this. I want you to really engage.
One debate was on "Why are Americans Against Health Care?". Honestly, this debate had me laughing as soon as I read the first comment mentioning how Americans just don't like the idea of PAYING for health care. The debate had people discussing about how U.S. health care is an issue among Americans mainly because of the financial aspect of it (how we should pay for it) and not necessarily the lack of quality of the health care we have here in the U.S.

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The second debate I found was on the new dietary guidelines. What I found interesting was how people were mentioning that the guidelines are essentially bull manure because they mostly think the guidelines are based on financial rather than scientific support.  So, I was surprised to find how many people thought the guidelines were changed by a "conspiracy" of sorts (which I agree, food companies at the end of the day influence these kind of things).

3. Overall, what impression do you get of your discipline based on what you saw happening in the Reddit forums? Were the people in those forums talking in ways you expected or did not expect, about things you anticipated they'd be talking about or things you had no idea they'd be discussing? Explain in concise specific detail.
I got the impression that people on these forums spoke their mind on certain issues and talked in informal ways (which I enjoyed myself). I had no idea they'd be talking about the political side of public health issues like diet and health care. This showed me that public health is more than just about health, there's politics in it too.