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The UK's New Minister For Magic
An anonymous reader sends this depressing excerpt from New Scientist:
"A serious blow to science-based medical practices has been dealt in the UK with the appointment of Jeremy Hunt as Health Secretary. The fortunes of the UK's National Health Service (NHS) are about to be transformed with the help of the magical waters of homeopathic medicine. Top marks to The Telegraph's science writer Tom Chivers for quickly picking up on talk that the UK's new health minister, Jeremy Hunt – who replaced Andrew Lansley yesterday in a government reshuffle – thinks that homeopathy works, and should be provided at public expense by the NHS."
The NHS should begin a program of providing him with a homeopathic salary. The less they pay him, the more motivated he will become!
Hold still, I have to place the leech in just the right spot to suck the evil spirit out.
Any women out there with chest complaints contact me and I will happily lay my hands on you. Will cure my stiffness problem.
I got to the chocolate box before you, that's why the hard ones have teeth marks.
No need to buy thousands of doses of penicillin or heart medication. Just buy one dose and it'll serve the entire population.
The homeopathc process activates placebetrinos in dihydrogen monoxide. Ordinary DHO can be deadly, but in the proper hands it works wonders. The placebetrino hasn't actually been observed, but future upgrades to the LHC are expected to run with high enough energies to reveal it as well as the anti-placebetrino.
For all intensive purposes, "whom" is no longer a word. That begs the question, "who cares"?
Wow I had warts for years and I did nothing at all and one day they were gone too! Doing nothing it all is as good as homeopathy, and far cheaper.
Seven puppies were harmed during the making of this post.
Careful with that - several churches might get upset with you infringing on their business model. Next thing you'll be handing out wafers too.
Seven puppies were harmed during the making of this post.
I was flipping through some book of Eastern medicine, and wanted to read the section on type 1 diabetes (since I have it), and it was hilarious. Everything else could be cured or treated with various things, but for this they recommended seeing a doctor.
*expecting to meet surgeon before procedure, patient walks into empty room*
*voice comes out of nowhere*
"Do not be afraid, for I am the invisible hand of the free market. And I shall be operating on you today."
There is zero scientific evidence homeopathy works. Absolutely none.
Wrong. Your problem is in your definition of "works". Works mean achieves some goal you were trying to reach, and perhaps the goal you are thinking of is not the one NHS is trying to reach. Their job is not to cure everyone of everything. Their job is to *control expenses* while *minimizing complaints*. And it is very likely that providing homeopathy will help achieve those goals. Therefore it "works". Remember, even the homeopathy supporters admit that often treatments do not contain even a single molecule of the diluted substance. (cite ) I cannot think of a more cost effective treatment than water, maybe with a bit of food coloring. Even a small reduction in whining would make it cost effective. From an institutional health perspective it's pure genius!!
Light cup, beer drink, thin so chain, neck turtle fat, man I won't say it again
People will die much more quickly saving National Health billions of pounds.
Some mornings it's hardly worth chewing through the restraints to get out of bed.