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Hi Sue,
>Sue Hartigan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>
>Hi Terry:
>
>It didn't say the thing is a hoax.
That's the way I read it.
>What I basically got out of the
>story is that they should have held off a little longer until they had
>more definative answers before telling the public.
But those "definitive answers" are the problem. And the huge promotion.
What works in the test tube and in the field does not always translate to
the real world. Maybe I should say often. I was not the only one who saw
people reading "cancer cure" without paying attention to the fine print.
This thing has been reported many times without all the hoopla and stock
market frenzy.
>I do understand where this news can give the people who are undergoing
>the horrible treatment for cancer now false hope.
It did the same for a few investors too.
>I also don't think
>that the news should have been released until there was something
>definative to the idea of a cure.
They might have mentioned that the required human protein hasn't even been
developed yet.
>But to say it is a hoax, isn't right either. Just because something
>hasn't been proven or is in the process of being proven doesn't make it
>a 'cold fussion' hoax.
>
>I still feel we are on the brink of a big breakthrough.
>
>Sue
Heck, Sue, we have had huge breakthroughs and many new and more effective
drugs are in human trials today. Many untried, unproven ideas may do even
better but hyping one to sell a book or promote a stock may not be the
greatest thing.
A father called Dr. Dean Edell. His twin infant doctors both had cancerous
brain tumors. He asked the good doctor whether he should take the girls to
a doctor who is in trouble with the law for promoting a cure for brain cancers.
Dr. Edell said something to the effect that he might as well, there is no
one else promising anything. Perhaps someone can remember this doctor who
was profiled on "60 Minutes" or some similar show? He has great credentials
but his technology is unproven and his cost seems a wee bit exorbitant. In
reality he is a fraud like so many others. The basic idea may even have
some promise.
If you want some real goofy clowns you could look into the Duesberg clique
which features not one but two Nobel laureates. They think HIV does not
cause AIDS. One mental giant, a dentist, went on television in Spain and in
personal appearances with a demonstration where he punctured himself with a
needle that had just punctured the arm of an AIDS patient. I tried without
success to find the cause of his early demise. It was not released to the
press.
The people involved with the "NY Times" article were involved in some
unseemly hucksterism IMO. I am glad there is a backlash. Bet they don't
have nearly the courage of their convictions like the dentist above.
Best, Terry
"Lawyer - one trained to circumvent the law" - The Devil's Dictionary
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