Wed, 03 Feb 2010
Follow the Money
The critics of homeopathy have been much in the news lately. I thought I should raise my lonely voice to make simple point. And that is that no one stands outside on a cold winter's day to pull a stunt out of an abstract respect for the truth. The whole campaign against homeopathy started when the British government allowed the homeopathic pharmacies to advertise their products for the treatment of disease. This threatened the medical industry and they responded with a campaign to discredit homeopathy. Anyone who researches the issue will see that this is so. So the campaign started with a dubious review article published in Lancet, continued with press releases and interviews by several public spokesmen, continued with the attempt to defund homeopathic medical clinics, and now has descended to recruiting the skeptic organizations as foot soldiers in their marketing campaign.
If the public realized how well homeopathy works our modern medical institutions would be greatly changed. The ten minute doctor's appointment would be gone, it is incompatible with homeopathy. The overpriced prescription medicines wouldn't be sold, homeopathic medicines are unpatentable and thus won't generate monopoly. Hospitals would be smaller, homeopathy generates less revenue per patient and couldn't support their current opulent scale. So is it any wonder why this campaign is underway? Follow the money.
