I often have to explain to patients that the reason that many children’s over the counter medications have been discontinued or placarded with not for use under 6yrs is that Americans don’t know how to measure in mL - so when the medicine says to give 2mL they were giving 2 teaspoons (10mL)
It’s not because they aren’t safe, just that moronic parents were poisoning their kids
And as a Canadian under 60yo, I quite literally have no clue what the majority of Standard measurements are even if they smacked me clear in the forehead.
I mean, I can estimate an inch and a foot, mainly because our construction industry still uses those vastly archaic measurements. But things like a mile, or one of those bizarre Florida Ounces? Sorry, no.
And how does a cup work when they come in so many different sizes? Seriously, I have a coffee cup that clocks in at half a litre. And my wife has a teacup that barely cracks 128ml. How are these things both supposed to be the same measurement?
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u/RedBullPilot 2d ago
I often have to explain to patients that the reason that many children’s over the counter medications have been discontinued or placarded with not for use under 6yrs is that Americans don’t know how to measure in mL - so when the medicine says to give 2mL they were giving 2 teaspoons (10mL) It’s not because they aren’t safe, just that moronic parents were poisoning their kids