We now at 554...The scary fact about Corona in South Africa. Help available
Posted: Tue Mar 31, 2020 10:50 am
Hello Johan,
That doesn't mean they don't. No doubt there are many people actually who benefit from one or more of these medicines (you being an example) and not only because they just believe they work.. The more people who actually benefit, the more money for the makers of these alternative medicines - note that selling preventive stuff is just as well business as selling medicines to cure, although often it is done by different parties.
So even if scientific tests could not (significantly) prove the working of a product, anyone trusting it is free to spend money on it, as long as it is not pure poison I would say (which some of these alternative medicines are). If any of these actually prevent or even cure corona can be difficult to prove unless they are widely used in a group which have significantly less corona (or a serious condition from it) than a comparable group which has not.
Bottom line is that as soon as that would be proven there is no doubt a party who will jump in to make money of it.
Dick
I disagree on that assumption. There is a large market for homeopathic and alternative medicines which are called that way because no scientific prove could be obtained that they actually work.The medical industry don't advocate it, they will not make money. It is all about keeping your immunity up to help your body fight.
That doesn't mean they don't. No doubt there are many people actually who benefit from one or more of these medicines (you being an example) and not only because they just believe they work.. The more people who actually benefit, the more money for the makers of these alternative medicines - note that selling preventive stuff is just as well business as selling medicines to cure, although often it is done by different parties.
So even if scientific tests could not (significantly) prove the working of a product, anyone trusting it is free to spend money on it, as long as it is not pure poison I would say (which some of these alternative medicines are). If any of these actually prevent or even cure corona can be difficult to prove unless they are widely used in a group which have significantly less corona (or a serious condition from it) than a comparable group which has not.
Bottom line is that as soon as that would be proven there is no doubt a party who will jump in to make money of it.
Dick