I think this post from 2010 is the first time I ever wrote about it. It's about a woman with thyroid cancer named Rene Louis, who raised money online to be treated by Burzynski and tried to form a nonprofit to help others pay for quackery as well.https://respectfulinsolence.com/2010/05/05/harnessing-peoples-good-to-pay-for-woo/ …
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Over the last 9 years, I've seen a veritable army of quacks integrate crowdfunding into their business models. First it was the cancer quacks, led by Burzynski. Then it was stem cell quacks and autism quacks. Some even tell patients how to crowdfund. Something needs to be done.
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