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- From: mdebuitlear@vms.eurokom.ie
- Newsgroups: sci.med
- Subject: Re: Immunotherapy
- Message-ID: <1992Dec23.104948.12174@vms.eurokom.ie>
- Date: 23 Dec 92 19:14:44 GMT
- References: <BzD6GI.DvH@unx.sas.com> <1h7oofINNf94@im4u.cs.utexas.edu>
- Organization: EuroKom Conferencing Service
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- In article <1h7oofINNf94@im4u.cs.utexas.edu>, turpin@cs.utexas.edu (Russell Turpin) writes:
- > -*---
- > ee-WRree-WRee-WRee-WRe...
- >
- > In article <1992Dec21.210514.5616@island.COM> green@island.COM (Robert Greenstein) writes:
- >> I have some information about two different methods of
- >> immunotherapy. Both of these are considered highly
- >> "alternative". That is, they are not in any way approved
- >> by the FDA, ...
- >
- > More likely, it means there is no evidence that they do any
- > good.
- >
- >> Be that as it may, they have saved many, many lives. ...
- >
- > The last time we went down this road, Robert Greenstein showed
- > that he doesn't know evidence from shinola. Since this is
- > sci.med, rather than the alternative medicine newsgroup which
- > is now available, I will call Robert Greenstein on this and
- > ask him what evidence he has that these therapies have saved
- > any lives.
- >
- > Russell
-
- People who are going to die don't really give a damn about scientific
- evidence. ** As long as the suggestions don't do any harm and don't cut
- across conventional treatment **, they have nothing to lose. If Robert
- knows of a few people whose lives have been saved by some _safe_ treatment
- and witheld that information from someone who requested it, it would be a
- far greater crime, IMHO.
-
- Think about it, if you had inoperable stomach cancer and were given
- two months to live and someone told you that they knew several people who
- had reversed similar conditions by drinking large amounts of carrot juice,
- would you try it ?
-
-
- > (And yes, I have reset my bullshit detector, and every time I see this
- > kind of stuff in sci.med, I will ask the poster the same question.)
-
- It gets quite boring after a while, Lone Ranger.
-
-
- Micheal.
-
- M.De.Buitlear@EuroKom.ie
-