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In reply to the discussion: Cuba promotes homeopathy as effective 'weapon' against the coronavirus [View all]Judi Lynn
(160,515 posts)37. One of so many:Cuba's extraordinary global medical record shames the US blockade
Seumas Milne
From Ebola to earthquakes, Havanas doctors have saved millions. Obama must lift this embargo
@seumasmilne
Wed 3 Dec 2014 15.07 EST
Four months into the internationally declared Ebola emergency that has devastated west Africa, Cuba leads the world in direct medical support to fight the epidemic. The US and Britain have sent thousands of troops and, along with other countries, promised aid most of which has yet to materialise. But, as the World Health Organisation has insisted, whats most urgently needed are health workers. The Caribbean island, with a population of just 11m and official per capita income of $6,000 (£3,824), answered that call before it was made. It was first on the Ebola frontline and has sent the largest contingent of doctors and nurses 256 are already in the field, with another 200 volunteers on their way.
While western media interest has faded with the receding threat of global infection, hundreds of British health service workers have volunteered to join them. The first 30 arrived in Sierra Leone last week, while troops have been building clinics. But the Cuban doctors have been on the ground in force since October and are there for the long haul.
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But its not the first time that Cuba has provided the lions share of medical relief following a humanitarian disaster. Four years ago, after the devastating earthquake in impoverished Haiti, Cuba sent the largest medical contingent and cared for 40% of the victims. In the aftermath of the Kashmir earthquake of 2005, Cuba sent 2,400 medical workers to Pakistan and treated more than 70% of those affected; they also left behind 32 field hospitals and donated a thousand medical scholarships.
That tradition of emergency relief goes back to the first years of the Cuban revolution. But it is only one part of an extraordinary and mushrooming global medical internationalism. There are now 50,000 Cuban doctors and nurses working in 60 developing countries. As Canadian professor John Kirk puts it: Cuban medical internationalism has saved millions of lives. But this unparalleled solidarity has barely registered in the western media.
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Cuba promotes homeopathy as effective 'weapon' against the coronavirus [View all]
Jose Garcia
Apr 2020
OP
So why is it all and I do mean ALL scientific studies of homeopathy turn out to be woo?
Archae
Apr 2020
#20
There is actually a government organization that was created to study crap like this
Coleman
Apr 2020
#64
Homeopathy is fake medicine with no scientific validity whatsoever.
The Velveteen Ocelot
Apr 2020
#76
It is in in the same category as miricle recoveries that have nothing to due with it effectiveness.
olegramps
Apr 2020
#87
I don't necessarily consider homeopathics to be preventative but I do consider them to be
in2herbs
Apr 2020
#2
Did you get a chance to read about this? 1/3 of peer reviewed results can't be replicated.
JudyM
Apr 2020
#77
I'm not an advocate for homeopathy. I feel that too many ascribe "truth" to western medicine when
JudyM
Apr 2020
#86
Fair point :) But if the studies aren't done, there's never enough data so they're besmirched.
JudyM
Apr 2020
#75
Watched a PBS special on Saturday about Cuba's medical society. The topic discussed
in2herbs
Apr 2020
#46
I watched this episode. It was fascinating. They threw out the first chapter in cancer research...
kysrsoze
Apr 2020
#68
Let's not forget The Placebo Effect: If a patient or recipient of treatment believes that what they
abqtommy
Apr 2020
#5
Certainly there are truly beneficial homeopathic treatments but my op concerning The Placebo
abqtommy
Apr 2020
#26
I could say the same thing in the opposite. If they have success what's it to you!?
Thekaspervote
Apr 2020
#11
Your source, the Herald, has pandered to the right-wing reactionary element of the Cuban community
Judi Lynn
Apr 2020
#34
One of so many:Cuba's extraordinary global medical record shames the US blockade
Judi Lynn
Apr 2020
#37
Homeopathy is bullshit quackery. It's outrageously priced water which does literally nothing
NYC Liberal
Apr 2020
#42
The only thing a homeopathic 'solution' might be able to prevent is dehydration. n/t
Captain Stern
Apr 2020
#47
Homeopathy is a choice. Just like abortion is a choice. DU is supposedly progressive site.
in2herbs
Apr 2020
#49
So if I choose to go with evidence, and reject what has been shown to be bullshit...
Archae
Apr 2020
#54
Don't count this out until studies are done. This week's NOVA episode was on Cuba's cancer efforts
kysrsoze
Apr 2020
#67
I think you misinterpreted me. I'm saying NOT to count this potential treatment out until
kysrsoze
Apr 2020
#102
In Communist-run Cuba, the private sector helps the needy as coronavirus spreads
Judi Lynn
Apr 2020
#89
Covid-19: Cuba Deserves Relief From US Sanctions Humanitarian deterrence of the virus, not Cold War-
Judi Lynn
Apr 2020
#93
It's what their Republican Congressional whores would want! Cha-ching. Thank you! ❤️️
Judi Lynn
Apr 2020
#100
Whenever I smash a finger, toe or other bodily appendage I reach for Rescue Remedy. It has arnica
in2herbs
Apr 2020
#103
If big bidness can't completely control it and make monstrous profit, everyone must ignore it.
Judi Lynn
Apr 2020
#105