The Self-Cultivation of a Reborn Massage Therapist

Chapter 408 Network Reaction
The comment section of the new video on the official account of Relaxing and Slow Travel is now bustling with activity, like a pot of boiling porridge.

The top-rated comment was highly provocative: "A massage parlor technician dares to question the CDC's authoritative guidelines? Who gave you the courage?"

A long string of sarcastic comments followed: "They've lost all shame just to get attention!"

"These days, internet celebrities will say anything to get views."

Another account claiming to be an "industry insider" made sarcastic remarks: "They don't even talk about the most basic principles of evidence-based medicine, but start peddling metaphysics. It's utterly ridiculous."

Zhao Xiaochui casually clicked on the "industry insider's" homepage and took a look. Well, apart from a picture of someone wearing a white coat, there was no certification that could prove their professional qualifications.

The short videos they released were filled with a lot of pseudoscience and misleading information that couldn't stand up to scrutiny.

The lively negative comments on the "Relaxed and Slow Travel" account are more suitable for this place, but that would achieve this guy's goal of getting traffic.

Zhao Xiaochui found it somewhat amusing and casually clicked the report button, clearly selecting the reason: spreading false information and impersonating a professional. What's even more outrageous is that the account he used to report it was the official account of Relaxing and Slow Travel.

Zhao Xiaochui was unaware that the official account of Relaxing and Slow Travel was on a high-priority monitoring list. As a result, the back-end operations staff of Yin Fu Short Video immediately saw the information after a simple review, and the 'industry insider' account was banned.

On the other end of the screen, the middle-aged man in pajamas, who had been casually scrolling through comments with his legs crossed, suddenly sat up straight, refreshing the page in disbelief, muttering, "I...I lost my account? I just criticized a massage parlor, was it really that serious?!"

He immediately switched to his alternate account and promptly reported the "Relaxed Travel" homepage, haphazardly selecting "false advertising" and "illegal medical practices" as reasons, muttering under his breath: "Damn it, it's just reporting, anyone can do that!"

He had no idea how much importance the official account "Easy Slow Travel" was placed on the Musical Notes platform.

In 2020, when short videos were all the rage, this account was already a top official account that the platform was heavily supporting before it closed down. It had extremely high authority because of the thirteen stunningly beautiful girls. The account's fans were incredibly loyal.

This account restart was only achieved after repeated communication and urging from the senior management of Yinfu and relevant departments to proceed slowly and steadily.

Want to ban it? Unless an official department makes a formal statement or a large number of authoritative experts jointly question it, the platform operators will only cautiously monitor the situation in real time and would never dare to take action easily.

Now, several hours have passed since Guoguo's science video was released, and not only have official accounts not stepped in, but even authoritative accounts with huge traffic like 'Dingxiang Doctor' haven't commented.

So the efforts of the short video platform, Yin Fu, were not in vain. After the official account of this massage parlor reopened, the first video brought in tremendous traffic!

On the platform's data center screen, the traffic curve for the Easy Slow Travel account is climbing rapidly, with comments and reposts exploding.

Zhao Xiaochui logged out of his account and casually browsed through the feeds. As the music notes were pushed to him based on the trending topics, he finally saw professionals stepping in.

"Hello everyone, I'm Dr. X. I recently saw a popular science video about 'Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS)' that mentioned that 'graded exercise therapy' can be completely denied. This view is very dangerous, and I feel it is necessary to clarify it for everyone."

"First, we must respect science. The CDC guidelines are based on international consensus formed from a large amount of clinical research evidence. Its recommended 'graded exercise therapy' involves controlled, gradual adaptive activities under professional assessment and guidance, designed to break the vicious cycle of fear, avoidance, and functional decline, helping patients gradually recover function. This is absolutely not about letting patients do things recklessly." "Of course, any treatment plan emphasizes individualization. GET (Getting Healthy) must be carried out under the strict assessment and monitoring of a physical therapist, and absolutely not by patients blindly exercising at home. For patients in the acute phase or with severe symptoms, rest and stabilizing the condition should be the primary focus."

After the science popularization session, the professional in the white coat gave a final summary in the video:

"If you or a family member is suffering from CFS, please be sure to seek a clear diagnosis and treatment plan at a reputable hospital. Do not believe in revolutionary claims that lack scientific basis, so as not to delay your condition. Scientific recovery is a long and arduous journey, and we doctors will always stand with you."

Zhao Xiaochui patiently read it all and even clicked the heart icon.

The content is indeed very professional and rigorous, as standard as a textbook. But reality is often much more complex than theory.

It's like someone telling you, "If you have any problems, find the uniformed uncle," but when you actually do, you realize that might be the first lesson you learn after entering society.

It's like someone telling you, "If you need anything, just ask the uniformed uncle." But when you actually do, you find another saying online: "Asking the uniformed uncle will be your first lesson in entering society."

He opened the comments section, and as expected, there was no harmonious discussion as he had imagined; instead, it was filled with questions tinged with helplessness and irony.

"A definitive diagnosis? Makes for you! I waited two months just to get an appointment with a specialist, only to be dismissed after five minutes of consultation, given a bunch of tests, all of which came back normal. In the end, the doctor suggested I see a psychiatrist. Is this what you call a 'scientific diagnosis'?"

"Six months? I'll lose my job if I take more than a week off. You want me to spend six months playing the elimination game with the hospital? Doctor, will you even pay me a salary?"

"Full-time monitoring by a physical therapist? Appointments at the rehabilitation department of a top-tier hospital are booked up to three months in advance, and each treatment costs several hundred yuan out of pocket. How can an ordinary family persevere?"

"Ultimately, this 'international consensus' simply cannot be implemented domestically. It's not that we don't believe in science, it's that reality simply doesn't give us the chance!"

“My income can support the treatment, but after working myself to the bone all day, I drag myself to the rehabilitation department at eight o’clock at night, and the physical therapist doesn’t even bother to lift his eyelids. Without saying a word, he makes me do a movement assessment!”

"I was so weak I could barely stand, and he kept telling me to 'hang in there'? I came here for a medical checkup, not for military training assessment!"

"..."

Zhao Xiaochui used his official account to like all the highly-rated comments that reflected real-world issues.

That wasn't all; he replied with the same sentence under every single comment that received a like:

"【Relax and Slow Travel Official】: Yes, you're right. Please make sure you get plenty of rest. You can try listening to some soothing music or watching some fun short videos to relax."

(End of this chapter)