Med beds

Med beds are a magical cure-all, or at least that's what we think they are. They don't exist, but are nevertheless popular among holders of a variety of beliefsUgh another post from the medbed! Just read this, I cannot make this stuff up! September 9, 2022, u/comcoast, Reddit (archive) June 19, 2022, TikTokBorder Wall is a tuning fork meant to heal like the med beds. Right. June 23, 2022, u/SuperMario1313, Reddit on Facebook and TikTok.
==What?==
You see, depending on who you ask, med beds can be one of these things, or all at the same time:
*A cure-all:Can someone explain to me what tf a “medbed” is supposed to be and how tf this came to be a thing? September 4, 2022, u/Basic_Mammoth_2346, Reddit This is the more popular one.
*A device to reverse the aging process
*A device to connect with a Galactic Federation ship: Yeah.
*A device that can change your human DNA to Reptilian Satanic DNA, making you a reptilian-human hybridMedBed researcher finds something disturbing! August 10, 2022, u/butcher_of_the_world, Reddit
And a lot of other things. Because it doesn't exist, people can claim whatever they want about med beds.
==Med beds as healing devices==
Search deep enough on social media and you'll find that these devices do anything from magically creating missing limbs to curing the full range of physical and mental illnesses of humanity.The stupid is getting more stupid - medbeds. Videos in the group of people who have experienced a medbed. 🤦‍♀️ July 21, 2022, u/Helpmeandmyhubby, Reddit How does it do this, you ask? Multiple explanations are given, but most of these "explain" that this is done through quantum physics.
Another explanation from a viral TikTok video "explains" that "its a combination of EMP and technology". April 24, 2022, TikTok
These explanations are an example of the fractal wrongness phenomenon, thus debunking this is close to impossible.
===Famous users of med beds===
Well, supposedly at least.
*John F. Kennedy Jr.:New QAnon Conspiracy Involves a Magical Bed for Zombie JFK April 22, 2022, Kelly Weill, The Daily Beast Remember when QAnoners met in Dallas waiting for JFK Jr.'s return and nothing happened? Instead of accepting that he really is dead, some QAnon followers used the magic of adding epicycles to make everything good again. He really is alive, with the magic of med beds he survived that accident and returned to his youthful looks, to fight alongside Trump against the deep state!
==Get your med beds here!==
Where can you get one of these magical devices? Med bed fans don't agree on this, with some stating that this technology is being suppressed, currently for military use only,MedBeds and the military August 23, 2022, u/butcher_of_the_world, Reddit and others, of course, have them, and are willing to give one to you in exchange for your money!
If someone is offering you med bed services, you can be sure, with 100% certainty, that they are scammers. In one of the scamsThe Medbed scam is that they charge you $300 to "register" with a local Medbed facility. June 28, 2022, u/invisiblejungle, Reddit people interested in these services have to pay $300 through PayPal to an account using a Gmail email, provide them a lot of personal information to register, and maybe get a chance at using one of these. Needless to say, that chance will never come, but they probably will use this chance to extract as much money from their marks as they can just so they can "keep their spot on the waiting list".
Someone in Scotland, under the name "scott pattinson" (who has quite the history of requests and was banned from WhatDoTheyKnowscott pattinson user profile, WhatDoTheyKnow) actually asked the country's public health system about their plans to implement med beds, receiving an answer that basically said they have no idea what scott is talking about.Med Beds - a Freedom of Information request to Public Health Scotland email exchange log from January 30, 2022 to February 3, 2022, scott pattinson and Public Health Scotland, WhatDoTheyKnow The request was also sent to Scotland's NHS National Services, with them answering that they do "not hold this (when they will implement quantum scientific technology med beds) information".Med Beds - a Freedom of Information request to NHS National Services Scotland email exchange log from January 30, 2022 to February 16, 2022, scott pattinson and NHS National Services Scotland, WhatDoTheyKnow
===Tesla BioHealing===
Tesla BioHealing is a company that appears everywhere when you search for med bed-related stuff on social media. In their website they display the quack miranda warning "We cannot diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease or condition". They credit their technology to Dr. James Liu,Safety Is Our Standard accessed October 10, 2022 (archive), Tesla BioHealing CEO of the company:File:Tesla-biohealing-ceo.png and a doctor who was accused by the FTC of misleading advertisement (but ended up just receiving a slap on the wrist) when they were selling "AsthmaCare Kit", a homeopathic treatment for asthma, for which evidence for its effectiveness is limited.Closing letter to Dr. James Liu, DrNaturalHealing, Inc. September 3, 2014, Mary K. Engle, United States Federal Trade Commission
 
They sell a number of med bed-related articles on their online shop with outrageous prices, and also operate physical med beds centers. For example, they sell "Tesla MedBeds generator", a can that you can put under your bed for enhancing your "Life Force Energy" for the low, low price of $19.999.Tesla MedBed Generators accessed October 9, 2022 (archive) Tesla BioHealing They like to claim that their products are FDA-registered, probably in an attempt to trick potential buyers. As explained in the FDA's website, registering is only about telling the FDA about your device. It is separate from approval, and registration of a product with them doesn't mean they approve of or promote the registered product, or that they have investigated any claims that product makes.Important Reminders about Registration and Listing March 3, 2021 version (archive), United States Food and Drug Administration
What do their cans contain? With their insane prices, you would think that there's gold inside. Well, one buyer that was not feeling any improvements decided to open one of their products, in this case the "Tesla BioHealer" (adult version costs $599Tesla BioHealer for Adults accessed October 9, 2022 (archive) Tesla BioHealing), and found out that it contains… cement.A proud texan patriot has buyer remorse over tesla bio healing… cement tube? June 21, 2022, u/anthyzo, Reddit
==The sad==
Because these people believe so strongly that med beds are a real thing, they can end up recommending to people suffering from either diseases that require treatments they cannot afford, or suffering from terminal diseases, to either wait until med beds have been released to the public, giving them false hope, or to buy devices like those sold by Tesla BioHealing, unknowingly helping scammers fleece the poor and needy.The Med Bed Qult is going to kill this woman with recurrent cancer May 18, 2022, u/thewaybaseballgo, Reddit
==Irony==
One cannot help but draw parallels between med beds, a non-existent device to cure all diseases that will be made available to all the people that need it, without discrimination, and the hate that QAnon-types have of universal healthcare, an actual, real solution.
==Origins in popular culture==
*Biobeds are featured throughout the Star Trek series.
*Med-Bay beds are a primary driver of the plot in the 2013 film 
==See also==
*Nikola Tesla — an accomplished scientist who also had some crank ideas.
==External links==
*Prometheus (2012): Full-Sized Light-Up Functional Medical Pod — by "functional", they mean it can move around like in the film, not actually function as a medical device.
==References==
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