You know what I think when I read...

[varkam]

comments like "So-and-so that I knew died from chemo."?

I think about all the morans that I've heard over the years say "So-and-so died because they were wearing a seat-belt!"

I'm not saying that people don't die from chemo, or that people don't die from wearing a seatbelt - but for every one story out there like that, I'm willing to wager that there are a dozen more that came out different.

[TZ]

1. Of course.

People only remember the bad stuff. Its the same way that the freaks in the health lounge only hear about the drugs that have problems..They don't hear anything about the hundreds of great,safe, and efficacious drugs on the market. They do exist despite what the woos think..:crazy:

Chemo by its nature is extreme. In some ways, from what I know, I would rather die from chemo related side effects than from end stage untreated terminal cancer. That is one of the most HORRID ways to die imaginable.

[trotsky]

2. The millions of cancer survivors don't count.

Only the people who didn't survive. It's quite convenient, you see. Anyone who dies from TEH EVUL WESTERN MEDICINE is dead because of it. Anyone who dies from "natural" "cures" is dead because of their own damn fault. Either they didn't choose the "natural" "cure" soon enough, or because they didn't VISUALIZE getting better. You know the drill. :mad:

[varkam]

3. I'm still reminded of a sentence in my Experimental Psych class I took all those years ago...

"Once a hypothesis is accepted, anything can be interpreted to support its conclusions."

[trotsky]

4. The Health Dungeon might as well have that as its mission statement! n/t

[Dr. Strange]

5. And the 9/11 Forum.

Of course, they'd probably figure it was put there by the BFEE to take attention away from the contrail holograms.