Comments on: Hilary Fairclough and AIDS idiocy (again)

By: BadlyShavedMonkey

BadlyShavedMonkey — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 12:14:21 +0000

Since no one else has pointed it out, I shall. As well as being dim-witted in matters of logic and science, homeopaths can’t do arithmetic either.

” There are over 50 million, read that - 50 million people with AIDS and only 2 million being treated with anti-retrovirals- a mere 10 per cent.”

That would be 4%, numbnuts!

By: bill

bill — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 05:20:36 +0000

“You are implying that ALL 50 million of the AIDS sufferers in Africa have ARVs and therefore are happy until the homeopaths came along. (Hey listen only 2 million do).”

Nobody implied that.

By: bewaiwai

bewaiwai — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 17:32:49 +0000

Locals take sugar pills, and according to some reports, stop taking their ARVs

According to which reports?

And how many locals are actually taking ARVs? You are implying that ALL 50 million of the AIDS sufferers in Africa have ARVs and therefore are happy until the homeopaths came along. (Hey listen only 2 million do).

What a bunch idiocy. And Ben Goldacre spending his time and profile on fighting homeopaths (in an effort to raise it) instead of using it to deal with this tragedy is the most ridiculous part of it all.

By: MaskedMarvel

MaskedMarvel — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 15:00:20 +0000

Why have you all stopped?

I was enjoying that.

Especially the “type it in capitals ‘cos then it must be true” post that one of homeopaths posted.

Presumably Rainbow and the rest of them have seen the badscience demolition of homeopathy that generated 400+ comments and really did nail the whole sorry fraud once and for all?

By: jaycueaitch

jaycueaitch — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 10:22:00 +0000

As I pointed out on my own blog, the Maun delusionists are endangering thenselves too.

They go to Botswana, tell the locals that their sugar pills cure AIDS.

Locals take sugar pills, and according to some reports, stop taking their ARVs

AIDS sufferers die.

Relatives link death with magic western pills

Cue angry band of locals bearing torches advancing on the clinic…

He who lives by confirmation bias shall die by confirmation bias.

By: Bill

Bill — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 03:39:02 +0000

Okay.
lachesis is some kind of snake venom.

By: nash

nash — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 12:11:52 +0000

If you right click on the remedy a window opens explaining about the remedy. For instance I shouldn’t be given sulphur as I am not tall and thin.

By: bill

bill — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 03:39:01 +0000

Very interesting Nash

I tried different variation on “urging to stool” -which must be a proper homeopathic phrase as it recurs several time s in the remedy finder.

I ended up with “urging to stool, but not to stool ” -and the remedy is lachesis. Whatever that is.

By: nash

nash — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 18:35:36 +0000

Try http://abchomeopathy.com/go.php for a laugh.

Enter your symptoms and be prescribed your homeopathic remedy.

Some of the symptoms are odd, eg “Mouth contains air”, “gurgling in the genitals, 5pm going up” - so gurgling genitals at any other time isn’t something to worry about.

I put in the symptoms for something I had last year and was recommended silver nitrate. If I licked an old black and white photograph I would get more silver nitrate molecules in my body than from the remedy.

By: bill

bill — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 17:05:23 +0000

Gimpy,
you have groupies!

Nash you can have side effects with homeopathic remedies.
If you take the wrong one you can suffer “urge to stool, but stool reverses in intestines” which sounds very scary to me.

(found on Dr. O’s forum)