Oh well, the Society of Homeopaths, probably wisely, decided not to sue, or engage in debate, over this post and the many other variations of that sprung up online. The "Streisand effect" is a wonderful thing! These posts resulted from la Canard Noir's post on Homeopathy.
The Society instructed lawyers to write to the Internet Service Provider of Dr. Lewis' website because the content of his site was not merely critical but defamatory of The Society, with the effect that its reputation could have been lowered. Dr Lewis, in his article, stated as fact highly offensive comments about The Society and it is for that reason that The Society decided it had no option but to take action. The very crude abuse posted on various websites and e-mailed to The Society since our action suggests that these bloggers/authors are not people who are interested in a real debate on the basis of either science or the public good but who simply want to attack homeopathy, for the very sake of it.Its reputation? One has to laugh. This organisation has failed to take action over homeopaths proven willingness to recommend ineffective homeopathic antimalarials. I'm not sure that would be a reputation worth protecting. I think I will stick with Malarone, though admittedly the homoeopathic remedy will have fewer side effects. Well, how can something with not one molecule of active ingredient cause an adverse effect?
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Absolutely! I use a lot of homeopathy in the pharmacy for acute conditions and I can't explain it but it does *seem* to work in many cases...and to be honest I don't really care about the hows or the ifs...patient gets better...job done.
But to suggest it can prevent/treat/cure serious and life threatening diseases is just crazy!
Yes, it works well for minor, self-limiting problems that would clear up anyway.(Brusies, generic "virus" infections, that sort of thing)
I worked for a day in a pharmacy in my town, where they get a lot of homepoathic prescriptions. They give the same tablets whatever teh Rx says (Nux Vomica, from memory) as the pharmacist says "no ingredients in tablet so no chance of adverse effects"
He's been doing this for at least twenty years and no one has ever complained :)So, they work whatever the ingredient-fancy that
and no, it isn't me.
The Streisand Effect is all over the news lately, due to the Wikileaks thing. There are a bunch more examples of it at:
www.TheStreisandEffect.com
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