World's Foremost HIV Denier dies of...

[Kai]

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I was just reminded of this thread while bitching about some homeopathy fucktards.

Fuck all these ignorant pseudoscience fuckers who would subject other people to suffering out of their stupidity. FUCK THEM.

[Vene]

ARGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGgggg.

I was just reminded of this thread while bitching about some homeopathy fucktards.

Fuck all these ignorant pseudoscience fuckers who would subject other people to suffering out of their stupidity. FUCK THEM.

TITCM and

[Cainad (dec.)]

Now I've got The Hate. I swear this stuff is contagious.

[Scribbly]

My grandmother is a devout believer in the benefits of homeopathic medicine.

This, despite the fact that when I was two years old, she came down with, I believe, chronic pancreatitis. I'm not sure on the exact details, other than the fact that her pancreas was, effectively, not working properly, and was getting worse over time. Completely ignoring the doctor, she instead gave herself greater and greater amounts of homeopathic cures, which she insisted made everything go away, and was convinced that there was no problem.

Until my grandfather came home to find her passed out on the kitchen floor.

By the time she was rushed into hospital, the problem was so severe that they were worried she was going to die. Aggravated by a variety of other medical issues she was suffering from and refused to take proper treatment for. Despite the fact that a short course of pills, if the doctor was initially correct, would have likely solved the problem entirely in a matter of weeks.

I have no idea why she believes she knows better than doctors. And it bugs the hell out of me, and the rest of the family, that she insists on continuing to use these 'herbal remedies', even though she's suffered badly first hand from them. Even when they do have an effect on the symptom, that doesn't mean the problem is gone away. It just means it is more difficult to know how bad it is actually getting.