10:23 Overdose on homeopathy by the Birmingham Skeptics

Skeptics in the Pub, Birmingham (UK) take part in the 10:23 anti homeopathy protest.

We are organising an "overdose" for the morning of Saturday 30th January to protest against homeopathy. We're getting together a group of skeptics to participate so come along and get involved.

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[whiteheartmovies]

You homeopathy-deniers are so naive, of course you didn’t die of become ill from the overdose. The natural remedy only cures, it doesn’t harm the patient. That’s how the magic unicorn tears that are inside the pill works!! You idiots!!

[FraudOfHomeopathy]

@RoksolanaP Exposing homeopathy for the fraud it is is extremely useful.

Your argument is a total non sequitur. If the drugs companies are making billions, what the hell has that got to do with not criticising homeopathy?

So just because A has some element of bad practice, then B should be allowed not matter how silly and ridiculous?

[BusinessIDBAI]

@MikeUpstone

Higher quantities of live viruses don't make for a pure vaccine; they make for a pure virus.

[BusinessIDBAI]

@RoksolanaP

You know PLENTY? Like what? Can you name a few that are ineffective at treating the illness they were designed to treat? Unless its become drug resistant. This one should be easy for you, because you can't show us any case studies where homeopathy has proven to be effective at all.

So, we'll cover the easy bases first. What pharmaceuticals have been proven ineffective in the same kind of medical case studies homeopathy has failed over and over and over again?

[KudistosMegistos]

Pfft, that's not how you overdose on homeopathic medicine!

What they should have done was take a single pill, grind it into dust and put one speck of the dust in a pint of water before drinking it. That would have been an overdose!

[dradeel]

@RoksolanaP Difference is that harmful often detrimental drugs are labeled as such and have some very effective and highly appreciated uses for those who dearly need them. Homeopathic medicines are proven to _have no effect_, no matter what people think. Some people will take homeopathic medicine to treat themselves for very serious painful illnesses, sometimes potentially deadly, 'cause they've been told it'll help, but when it just gets worse it can be too late for real medicine to treat them.

[SteDeRaver]

@RoksolanaP Bullshit detected. 

[Alyxium]

@FraudOfHomeopathy Not to mention homeopathy makes billions too. And since they use such small amounts of ingredients they have far, far higher profit margins.

[RoksolanaP]

Hahahaha I know of plenty of pharmaceutical drugs that are ineffective and expensive that would have had very harmful effects had you tried this stunt on them, yet that is totally acceptable. Just because it doesn't harm you in large doses doesn't mean if you NEED it it won't help you.....

Why criticize something that is cheap, many find it effective, and harmless, when the drug companies are making billions off harmful, often detrimental drugs?!

Do something useful lol

[LAnonHubbard]

What a crock of shit homeopathy is. This pseudoscience and other quackery seems to be gaining popularity, or maybe it's just because I am doing more investigation about it? Does anyone know if it is gaining ground, or being marginalised in this age of information?