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 {{anchor:​s694}}Now,​ I’m going to look at a second disease, if I have one minute: pneumonia. {{anchor:​s695}}Osler reported that the mortality of pneumonia since around 1850s has been steady at 30%; even himself at John Hopkins had 30%. {{anchor:​s696}}Homeopaths will obtain results with less than 2%, and usually more like 1%. {{anchor:​s697}}It’s remarkable when we consider that 1 out of 25 Canadians dies of pneumonia now, when we could lower the mortality dramatically just by using those little pills that Joe is talking about, those good placebos. {{anchor:​s694}}Now,​ I’m going to look at a second disease, if I have one minute: pneumonia. {{anchor:​s695}}Osler reported that the mortality of pneumonia since around 1850s has been steady at 30%; even himself at John Hopkins had 30%. {{anchor:​s696}}Homeopaths will obtain results with less than 2%, and usually more like 1%. {{anchor:​s697}}It’s remarkable when we consider that 1 out of 25 Canadians dies of pneumonia now, when we could lower the mortality dramatically just by using those little pills that Joe is talking about, those good placebos.
  
-{{anchor:​s698}}I have been in practice for 30 years. {{anchor:​s699}}I have seen the worst cases of patients with acute and chronic disease, and I can testify to you that there is nothing in the history of medicine that I have studied more extensively. {{anchor:​s700}}I have also written a thesis on the placebo effect in homeopathy, so I am very aware of the placebo effect, but <wrap hi>there is nothing in the history of medicine that can come close to homeopathy</​wrap>​. {{anchor:​s701}}This is the future of medicine. {{anchor:​s702}}If you want to move forward, move towards homeopathy. {{anchor:​s703}}If you are a scientist in basic science, move toward the study of nanoparticles and so on - it’s the future! {{anchor:​s704}}We’re not looking behind now! {{anchor:​s705}}Science is moving forward, Hahnemann was a precursor of nanotechnology,​ and I have to stop here.+{{anchor:​s698}}I have been in practice for 30 years. {{anchor:​s699}}I have seen the worst cases of patients with acute and chronic disease, and I can testify to you that there is nothing in the history of medicine that I have studied more extensively. {{anchor:​s700}}I have also written a thesis on the placebo effect in homeopathy, so I am very aware of the placebo effect, but <wrap hi>there is nothing in the history of medicine that can come close to homeopathy</​wrap>​. {{anchor:​s701}}This is the future of medicine. {{anchor:​s702}}If you want to move forward, move towards homeopathy. {{anchor:​s703}}If you are a scientist in basic science, move toward the study of nanoparticles and so on -- it’s the future! {{anchor:​s704}}We’re not looking behind now! {{anchor:​s705}}Science is moving forward, Hahnemann was a precursor of nanotechnology,​ and I have to stop here.
  
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