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I take your point about the value of placebos, but homeopathic practitioners don't have a monopoly on the placebo effect. And homeopathy diverts people from eff
by Pitarou 13y ago
I take your point about the value of placebos, but homeopathic practitioners don't have a monopoly on the placebo effect. And homeopathy diverts people from effective medical treatment. This kills people.
And these safety incidents aren't accidents -- they're an inevitable consequence of people taking unregulated substances as if they were medicines. When people swallow these preparation, or drop them in their eyes, or shove them up their nose or their ass, I don't think it occurs to them that nobody has checked whether this is a safe thing to do. I think they should be made aware of this.