Wednesday, May 14, 2008

Homeopathy, it makes me mad

It has to be said, after religion, this particular brand of woo is not only the most profitable it is also the most nuts. A simple Google search will throw up more than enough reasons to want to take the whole 'industry' seal it in concrete and drop it in the North Sea. If people want to believe that shaking a sample of distilled water can some how make them better then more fool them, and to some degree I have little sympathy for them if they lose there money to the charlatans flogging the stuff.

However what really ticks me off is that millions of pounds from our taxes goes to fund NHS homeopathy hospitals. That's my money, well not all my money of course mores the pity, going to fund some gibbon who thinks that poring distilled water onto a sugar tablet for some reasons qualifies as medicine. Given that we seem to be short of money for clinically tested drugs and basics like beds to put patients on and cleaning materials to keep on top of the various 'super' bugs, it seems not just foolish but criminally negligent to divert funds to these quacks.

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