There is no evidence that #TraditionalChineseMedicine (#TCM) is effective against #COVID19. That's not stopping China from forcing people to use it to treat #coronavirus.https://respectfulinsolence.com/2020/09/04/china-is-forcing-people-to-use-tcm-quackery-to-treat-covid-19/ …
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Replying to @gorskon
FYI not defending the practice just how wide-spread it is Then again we give people stents in the US who are stable despite no benefit to patient mortality.
(5,179 participants at 320 sites in 37 countries)
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Replying to @Cascadia
Ah, yes. This technique of distraction has a name: Whataboutism or whataboutery. It’s as old Soviet propaganda technique.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whataboutism …
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Also, we can walk and chew gum at the same time when criticizing poor science in medicine.https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/orbita-another-clinical-trial-demonstrating-the-need-for-sham-controls-in-surgical-trials/ …
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