Outlawing ALL unproven medical practices,

[Eilonnwy]

Adrian responded sufficiently to the points, so I don't care to just repeat what he has said.

I will, however, add that while Adrian and I disagree to some level on how much certain markets should be regulated, he is correct in that profits drive the model, including medicine. Many conspiracy theories argue that corporations have the cure for cancer or aids and they suppress it because they make money off sick people.

Any corporation or scientist will tell you that if they had easy the cure for any disease they wouldn't suppress it, they would sell sell because they'd be instantly rich and famous. The truth is that scientists have integrity and corporations regulations. This keeps in check bad practices, forces studies to show the efficacy of drugs that are then provided to us.

Homeopathy is profitable not because it works, but because con artists are good at what they do. I trust a corporation backed by scientists and studies more than a small company promising miracle cures without anything to back it up.

Yes, I take the flu shot every year. The one year I did not get it, because I forgot, I got the flu and was seriously ill for weeks. I have asthma, so the flu is serious for me. I trust that the h1n1 shot, which I've already received, is the same as the flu shot because I defer to experts. I trust them far more than I trust an unknown entity on the internet.