The FDA cracks down on Ebola quacks, and Mike Adams loses it

[HuckleB]

http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2014/09/25/the-fda-cracks-down-on-ebola-quacks-and-mike-adams-loses-it/

"Ever since the latest outbreak of Ebola viral disease in West Africa, there has been panic that’s metastasized to the US, even though the risk of a major outbreak here is very low. Unfortunately, whenever there’s panic over a disease, whatever the disease is, there soon follows quackery in response to that panic, from quacks who are either looking to make a buck or who are true believers (or both). For instance, I’ve seen high dose vitamin C touted as an Ebola remedy. I’ve also written about deluded homeopaths claiming that homeopathy can be used to treat Ebola. One particularly deluded homeopath named Ken Oftedal even took homeopathy’s law of similars literally and recommended a homeopathic remedy for Ebola that is made using infected bodily fluids from an Ebola victim as the base remedy that is diluted homeopathically. This was a remedy that was too quacky even for a contender for the title of One Quack To Rule Them All, Mike Adams.


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I can't figure out a great way of adding other paragraphs. The bottom line for me is that this really brings to light the reason quackery is so dangerous. Sure, it might fester itself as a placebo for wealthy folks for years, but then it pops up in ways that can seriously harm and kill others.

Anyway...