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House Committee to Investigate Network Pushing Hydroxychloroquine, Ivermectin
- gregjor 5y agoGovernment investigations into bogus medicine and “anti-science” would have some credibility if not so lopsided and partisan. Where are the House committees to investigate homeopathy and chiropractic and all of the pseudo-scientific new-age nonsense that people on the left buy in to? Why aren’t mainstream news outlets pressured to drop astrology columns? How is Ancient Aliens still on TV, harming our children? Edit: I suppose I have to add that I am progressive, pro-science, left-leaning, and vaccinated. But I wonder about the nonsense embraced by people on the left and why they get so worked up about nonsense that seems to get embraced by the right. I know liberals who will talk seriously about megadosing vitamin C to fight cancer and then in the next sentence condemn the MAGA crowd for promoting ivermectin. Most of the vaccine skeptics I have had to listen to come from the political left.
- smt88 5y agoHomeopathy and chiropractic are stupid, but research hasn't concluded that they're inherently dangerous. The same is true of astrology and Ancient Aliens (which are also protected by the First Amendment). Anyway, if this were a partisan witch-hunt, why would Dems want to stop Republicans from killing themselves with ineffective medicine? Isn't this investigation about saving the opposing party's voters from themselves?
- gregjor 5y agoI don’t think research has concluded that “alternative” COVID treatments pose an inherent danger, just that they probably don’t work. Same as my uncle dying of treatable prostate cancer because he believed homeopathy worked. The charge is science denial, or anti-scientism, not some huge new health risk.