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I mean, this might have been the case when standards of medical practice were so bad that the homeopathic hospital was one of the safest places to be because whilst the medical care there was purely placebo, that was better than a doctor with unwashed hands attempting crude surgery.

But modern treatments are evaluated based on having demonstrable net positive effects above and beyond placebo.



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