Google "Homeopaths Without Borders." You have no idea of the scope of this sort of thing. 1/ https://www.hwbna.org https://twitter.com/CaulfieldTim/status/1099340316715307009 …
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I first learned of Homeopaths Without Borders none years ago, when they descended on Haiti after the earthquake. 2/https://respectfulinsolence.com/2010/02/25/the-invasion-of-well-intentioned-but-use/ …
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Homeopaths Without Borders arrived around the same time as Scientologists did. It's a thing, quacks heading to disaster to y their quackery in a well-meaning but ar best useless and at worst harmful effort to "help." 3/https://respectfulinsolence.com/2010/01/26/bringing-woo-to-disaster-areas/ …
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Homeopaths Without Borders is also known for doing bogus and unethical studies in Third World countries, such as a "study" of homeopathy for AIDS. I kid you not. Homeopathy for AIDS. 4/https://respectfulinsolence.com/2010/01/19/studying-homeopathy-in-third-world-count/ …
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As you might expect, the end result of the intervention of Homeopaths Without Borders on the aftermath of the Haitian earthquake was a big fat nothingburger. 5/https://respectfulinsolence.com/2011/07/06/homeopathy-in-haiti-a-year-and-a-half-la/ …
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Other homeopaths have traveled to West Africa during outbreaks of Ebola with the intent to—unbelievably—treat Ebola work homeopathy. 6/https://respectfulinsolence.com/2014/10/29/here-they-come-to-save-the-day-homeopaths-vs-ebola-again/ …
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It got so bad that
@WHO and the Liberian had to put a stop to it, which enraged the homeopaths. 7/https://respectfulinsolence.com/2014/11/20/the-invasion-of-well-meaning-quacks-into-west-africa-continues-apace/ …1 reply 2 retweets 4 likesShow this thread -
Again, it's not just homeopaths. Quacks of all types seem to do it, bringing into disaster areas exactly what they don't need: Magical thinking and quackery. For instance, there's Acupuncturists Without Borders. 8/http://www.acuwithoutborders.org
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There's also Naturopaths Without Borders too. 9/https://nwb.ngo/about/
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Somehow these quack groups often manage to fool government agencies and legitimate charities into supporting them. It's horrible. 10/10
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This http://www.pepijnvanerp.nl/2017/06/scholten-knighthood-iquilai-kenya/ … is worth a read. Because Scholten is MD, could be disciplined. Lay homeopathy organisations give out awards to the likes of Jeremy Sherr. There's more of this cc
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