Group: sci.physics.electromag
From: Peter Bowditch
Date: Tuesday, February 12, 2008 1:40 PM
Subject: Re: New Way to Kill Viruses: Shake Them to Death

Benj wrote:

>On Feb 11, 8:59 pm, Peter Bowditch wrote:
>
>> >Two of the three MS patients I tried it
>> >on went into remission and today, three years
>> >after using it for three months and one month respectively,
>> >are still in remission.
>>
>> Then either they didn't have MS or you are lying.
>
>PETER, Peter! Are you REALLY this ignorant?
>Are you posting in public for the world to see that you believe there
>is no such thing as "spontaneous remission" in disease?
>
>Are you ignorant or are you lying?

Are you claiming that this was spontaneous remission? Thank you for
admitting that the zapper had nothing to do with it.

>
>
>> >That must have been the placebo effect?
>>
>> >I also saw two Hep C positive girls try it
>> >for one week each at different times.
>> >Both tested negative at their next Hep C test and
>> >subsequently.
>>
>> Then either they didn't have Hep C or you are lying.
>
>Read comment above AGAIN! Note that the comment about the placebo
>effect is TOTALLY valid and a proper place to look for answers here.
>To say that "incurable" diseases NEVER get cured is plain
>uneducated!

Are you saying that a cure from Hep C can be due to a placebo effect?
Thank you for admitting that the zapper did nothing.

>
>> >But 5% of Hep C infections get better spontaneously, right?
>>
>> >So what do I know- really?
>>
>> Nothing, by the look of things.
>
>So you repeat your ignorance a third time and then try to "win" the
>debate with ad hominem name-calling!

Why do quackery supporters almost universally fail to understand what
"ad hominem" means?

>
>You DO know that you are making a public spectacle of your ignorance,
>don't you? You wouldn't know a "health cure" if it bit you on the
>ass!
>
>And please note that what we are talking about here has absolutely
>NOTHING To do with the alleged effectiveness of any "zapper".
>We are talking about spontaneous remissions and placebo effects.

Thank you for admitting that the zapper did nothing.

If it does nothing, why do you suggest that people spend money on it?

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