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Nice illogical, racist rant. In case you don't understand science (and it seems like you don't), the bubonic plague doesn't care what its victims' beliefs are.
by ken47 7y ago
Nice illogical, racist rant. In case you don't understand science (and it seems like you don't), the bubonic plague doesn't care what its victims' beliefs are.
"In 2015, 16 people in the Western United States developed plague, including 2 cases in Yosemite National Park.[20] These US cases usually occur in rural northern New Mexico, northern Arizona, southern Colorado, California, southern Oregon, and far western Nevada."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bubonic_plague https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bubonic_plague
- 29athrowaway 7y agoIndeed, the tone is pretty bad. The usage of exotic ingredients in traditional medicine is real, but the "aphrodisiac" thing is mostly a myth. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-hard-truth-about-the-rhino-horn-aphrodisiac-market/ https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-hard-truth-ab...
- LessDmesg 7y agoI was using it as an example. The fact that they pay poachers to supposedly heal their livers or joints or whatnot doesn't change anything: Chinese traditional medicine is still cruel, pointless and frankly based on primitive animistic beliefs from the stone age. How it can co-exist with modern-day industry in China is beyond me, but it's an important factor in the decline of lots of animals. And you don't see any greenies protest Chinese medicine, they care only about carbon dioxide nowadays.
- 29athrowaway 7y agoSome traditional medicine does not have a lot of merit and can be said to be snake oil. But some traditional therapies may work well in some cases.
- LessDmesg 7y agoBut this particular case was because these people believed in primitive witch-doctor stuff. If Americans believed the same, there would be many more deaths there.