why is the standard response to "this tech isn't reliable enough for this" to run its output through the same unreliable tech?

The device-fixer started breaking devices instead of fixing them. Tell it to fix itself!

Yeah...

The amount of people who confidently tell on themselves in these discussions continues to bum me out.

why is the standard response when someone comes down with a serious illness to bring them into a facility where serious illnesses spread readily?

sometimes the presently available solutions are subpar. people go with what's available. it's not ideal, but it is practical.