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Amusingly, this is one of the few cases where - extremely broadly - one general idea of homeopathy works: you're basically just microdosing virus. This is amus
by fab1an 6y ago
Amusingly, this is one of the few cases where - extremely broadly - one general idea of homeopathy works: you're basically just microdosing virus.
This is amusing because a lot of anti-vaxxers (at least in Germany) will also be into homeopathy.
There's possibly a good pro-vax-comms strategy in here: reframe vaccines as homeopathic viral microdoses (instead of complicated pharmaceutical compounds) and you might save a few kids.
- kevin_b_er 6y agoThat might increase belief in homeopathy, which is bad too. Homeopathy beliefs are that the stronger the dilution, the more powerful the medication. Homeopathy would be diluting the virus to the point where there's a strong probability of zero virus particles remaining in the "medicine" because of the belief the water has the memory of the virus. This is false, because homeopathy has no effect other than placebo and placebo does not stop covid 19 deaths.
- DataWorker 6y agoAny cite for your claim placebo can’t prevent a covid death? That seems unlikely given how powerful and common the placebo effect seems to be.
- yetihehe 6y agoBut this has a side effect of supporting homeopathy. I'd prefer we found some better way to educate people.
- PeterStuer 6y agoNot really. Homeopathy assumes that which causes likewise symptoms to be a candidate for cure, while here it is the idea of microdosing the disease, which hopefully would not case symptoms like the full blown disease, and the second tenant of homeopathy, the dilutions increase potency, would also hopefully be absent as that would be like the viral load factor, but in reverse.
- yetihehe 6y agoYou are using facts. This is not very effective (against antivaxers and homeopathy enthusiasts).
- cmendel 6y agoFacts are very effective against homeopaths, you just have to dilute them 100x first.
- mistermann 6y agoUpon what evidence is this generalized statement based? Did you fact check it? Note: I pose this question not as snark, or as some sort of a "disproof" of the "general truthiness" of your statement (with which I do not disagree, fwiw), but 100% literally.
- inimino 6y agoA tenant is someone who resides in a building, tenet is the word you want.
- PeterStuer 6y agoThx. Many errors in that post, but beyond an edit now.
- jhbadger 6y agoAlthough vaccines aren't the same thing as variolation, and were developed because of the inherent risks of microdosing a dangerous pathogen. They are called "vaccines" because of the use of cowpox (a virus related to but much less dangerous than smallpox) in Jenner's vaccine and cow is "vacca" in Latin (similar to modern Spanish vaca).
- np_tedious 6y agoYou're definitely on to something. I couldn't find the original source, but this FB comment has become something of a meme https://twitter.com/Golfergirl2018/status/1216905848179609600?s=19 https://twitter.com/Golfergirl2018/status/121690584817960960... > I am not anti-vax, but I understand why some parents do not want chemicals in their childrens bodies. I think instead of chemical shots, doctors should give a very small amount of the virus so the body can build up immunity.