Well, when she's bleeding out of every orifice from the Ebola, we'll just see how much good that vitamin C does her. Bet she'll be begging for a vaccine right about then.
I was chuckling at this until I remembered that this person is likely serious about what she wrote. Oh, so sad. I'm all about conspiracy theories, questioning authority, offering an alternative hypothesis, etc. based on actual research. But, wow, just...wow. That is terrifying.
This makes me kind of grateful for the 1 or 2 crazies in my feed who have spent the day ranting about how this confirmed Ebola case is the beginning of the zombie apocalypse. I'm pretty sure they're headed for their bomb-proof shelters, not stocking up on "Emergen-C."
Wait, she is serious? I assumed this was a relatively well-done satire of the anti-vax movement (you know, substitute "ebola" for "chicken pox" in their typical tirades about how the disease is not all that harmful to highlight how truly ridiculous it sounds when taken to it's logical conclusion, emphasize the minimal and unsupported nature of the "research" by flat out admitting you have zero support and only looked into it for a week, etc.). Really, it would be a pretty great satire if that was the intent.
If the author is actually so misguided as to believe that OJ and cinnamon oil cures freaking EBOLA, then she is most definitely an idiot of the Megan Heimer variety. And I would bet my house that if she or her kid actually caught ebola, she would go running to the CDC stat.
On a side note, Google tells me that many of ebola patients actually die of electrolyte imbalance due to all the fluid loss. If this woman had really done a week's worth of "research," you would think she would know that what you really need to cure ebola is plenty of Gatorade and Pedialyte, not orange juice. Idiot.
Whenever I see things like this I immediately feel bad for their children. They didn't choose to have parents that are incapable of making intelligent choices and yet they are the ones that will suffer.
Wait, she is serious? I assumed this was a relatively well-done satire of the anti-vax movement (you know, substitute "ebola" for "chicken pox" in their typical tirades about how the disease is not all that harmful to highlight how truly ridiculous it sounds when taken to it's logical conclusion, emphasize the minimal and unsupported nature of the "research" by flat out admitting you have zero support and only looked into it for a week, etc.). Really, it would be a pretty great satire if that was the intent.
If the author is actually so misguided as to believe that OJ and cinnamon oil cures freaking EBOLA, then she is most definitely an idiot of the Megan Heimer variety. And I would bet my house that if she or her kid actually caught ebola, she would go running to the CDC stat.
On a side note, Google tells me that many of ebola patients actually die of electrolyte imbalance due to all the fluid loss. If this woman had really done a week's worth of "research," you would think she would know that what you really need to cure ebola is plenty of Gatorade and Pedialyte, not orange juice. Idiot.
Unfortunately, she's being 100% serious. Other previous posts have included "My son is (insert lots of signs of autism), do you think he's on the spectrum? He had some of his vaccines before we knew better" and "OMG we're at the ER because dd shoved something up her nose and the kid next to us has whooping cough so we had to leave!"
AAAHHH this makes me angry. Particularly as a scientist myself. And trust me that an informed person can spend way less than a week of research to realize that's not the mechanism of Ebola. I think I need to pretend I never read this now.
Post by Velar Fricative on Oct 2, 2014 10:46:54 GMT -5
I can't see the OP but I'm guessing what it's about thanks to the awesome replies.
It's just further validation that when anyone tells me "Oh, I did my own research!!!" on something, they're full of shit. When I do my own research about something, I'm not an obnoxious harpy about it.