Zika Virus Prompts "Homeopaths Without Borders" To Potentiate Ineptitude
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http://edzardernst.com/2016/04/zika-virus-prompts-homeopath-to-potentiate-ineptitude/"‘Homeopaths without Borders’ have been the subject of this blog before. I repeat what David Shaw, senior research fellow, Institute for Biomedical Ethics, University of Basel, Switzerland, wrote about this organisation in a BMJ-article: Despite Homeopaths Without Borders’ claims to the contrary, “homeopathic humanitarian help” is a contradiction in terms. Although providing food, water, and solace to people in areas affected by wars and natural disasters certainly constitutes valuable humanitarian work, any homeopathic treatment deceives patients into thinking they are receiving real treatment when they are not. Furthermore, training local people as homeopaths in affected areas amounts to exploiting vulnerable people to increase the reach of homeopathy. Much as an opportunistic infection can take hold when a person’s immune system is weakened, so Homeopaths Without Borders strikes when a country is weakened by a disaster. However, infections are expunged once the immune system recovers but Homeopaths Without Borders’ methods ensure that homeopathy persists in these countries long after the initial catastrophe has passed. Homeopathy is neither helpful nor humanitarian, and to claim otherwise to the victims of disasters amounts to exploitation of those in need of genuine aid.
Now ‘Homeopathy without Borders’ seem to promote the idea – or should I say madness? – that homeopathy offers a cure for the Zika virus infection. Given their track record this was to be expected. Whenever the world is facing a serious medical problem, homeopaths are at the ready to help. Only that they don’t really help; they make false promises and distract from the task of solving the problem. Need I to remind you of the disaster they almost caused when they set out to treat Ebola?
Tragically, ‘Homeopaths without Borders’ are not alone. Other homeopaths seem to agree with them and promote the madness of a homeopathic cure fro Zika. For instance, Dr Vikas Sharma, a homeopath from India, informs us that “Homeopathic medicines Eupatorium Perfoliatum, Belladonna, Rhus Tox can be safely used in Zika virus infection treatment. These medicines come the closest in treating the symptoms of Zika virus infection. In an epidemics when a huge number of person are attacked by acute and similar sufferings from similar cause, Homeopathy can be of great prophylactic help. Homeopathy has been highly successful in treating epidemic diseases. Among them are cholera, dengue fever, yellow fever typhus, and conjunctivitis. “
Confronted with stupidity on such a scale, I am lost for words. Luckily, David Shaw already said it all: Homeopathy is neither helpful nor humanitarian, and to claim otherwise to the victims of disasters amounts to exploitation of those in need of genuine aid."
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Thanks for letting us know that.
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/1800-studies-later-scientists-conclude-homeopathy-doesnt-work-180954534/?no-ist
http://www.smw.ch/content/smw-2012-13594/
http://www.skepticalraptor.com/skepticalraptorblog.php/switzerland-endorse-homeopathy/
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/tippling/2016/04/15/homeopathy-now-consigned-to-dustbin-of-ideas-officially/
Thus, it appears that your post here also contains some questionable information.
Why are you so adamant in your promotion of the long-debunked, unethical scam of homeopathy?
That takes a "special" kind of "courage."
I mean, imagine what might happen to the profits of multinational pharmaceutical corporations if homeopathy and other forms of holistic health were to catch on?
There's already a grave threat to profits from increasing public awareness of the putrid toxic side effects of pharmaceutical-chemical remedies. Somebody has to crush holistic health, somebody has call the people of Switzerland out as STUPID for using holistic health and trying to avoid drugs from Prescriptions, Inc.
Multinational Pharmaceutical Drugs, Inc. "side" effects:
Stock in casket making would sky-rocket
Good for them! 
Luckily, it won't be happening much longer.
http://www.zenosblog.com/2012/05/that-neutral-swiss-homeopathy-report/
And I really don't care what you think about it.
It works for me, and that's fine.
it's not worthless to many people. But you're entitled to believe it's worthless 
My belief is not false. Homeopathy has been very beneficial to me.
You can post all the links you want expressing your disbelief.
If you actually read my post your response might have a degree of coherence. I'm just reporting a fact. Thus it's truly stupid to imply that I am stupid, or that I should shut up. You'll just have to find a way to deal with facts.
The people of Switzerland, however, have found homeopathy to be effective. They are legitimizing it. Not me. They are the ones you want to be TRUMPing about as "STUPID" in your special opinion, and they are the ones you want "shut up" so they cannot exercise their intelligence or free will.
Please do your homework.
Not that anyone is going to be surprised.
And it is funny to see yet another classic diversion attempt. 
...you've got the wrong tool for the job. You are never going to come up with a valid answer.
