Support Homeopathy Online... and Ignore the "Quackbusters" Funded by Big Pharma
With efforts at undermining homeopathy on the rise around the world, and especially in the UK, big-pharma funded quackbuster efforts online are sprouting everywhere. A recent article in the latest issue of
Homeopathy Today includes useful tips on how to diminish the effects of these attacks and promote efforts to support homeopathy:
1. Visit the websites and blogs that publish positive information on homeopathy (see below). The more you go to these websites, the higher they show up in the internet search engine lists. Wouldn't you want to see
"Successful Use of Homeopathy In Over 2.5 Million People Reported From Cuba" as
the first article listed on your Google search? For the same reason, do not frequent the anti-homeopathy websites! Every time you click on such sites, you raise their visibility in the search engines. You can keep up to date on their
activities by subscribing to "Google Alerts" or by reading the pro-homeopathy websites that track the "anti" postings.
2. When you visit pro-homeopathy websites or blogs, add a comment. Your support is very important. These are homeopaths and users of homeopathy just like you who put their names and reputations on the line to promote homeopathy. Add
your bit of support to them. Don't be afraid of being "flamed" by an anti-homeopathy post. Many websites filter comments from malicious writers.
3. If you have a website or blog, use it to raise homeopathy's profile in the search engines.
4. Write to newspapers and magazines when they publish an article on homeopathy. If the article is favorable, thank them for it; if not, correct the misconceptions, offer more information, and direct them to the NCH website. This type
of outreach can bring good results. Many editors are interested in learning more for future articles. The press wants and needs information; share yours with them.
5. Send your monetary support to the NCH and other organizations that strengthen homeopathy. Give as generously as you can to homeopathy education and awareness
projects, inner-city clinics, films on homeopathic cures, and clinics in developing countries. These projects' success comes back to you multiplied in the positive image of homeopathy. The more each project, organization, and
homeopath achieves, the more secure and readily available homeopathy will be for all of us.
Surf Today for Homeopathy!
elephantsandmice.wordpress.com
An erudite response to the skeptics and denialists, with scientific and research references.
www.1023homeopathy.org.uk
"Mirror" website of the anti-homeopathy site, clarifying homeopathy and reporting on research. Includes a video of Dr. Peter Fisher, editor of the journal Homeopathy, and Director of Research, Royal London Homoeopathic
Hospital.
avilian.co.uk
One of a few websites by U.K. homeopath Sue Young. This one provides information on the anti-homeopathy attacks.
vonsyhomeopathy.wordpress.com
Well-written blog addressing the UK "denialist" attacks.
www.dailykos.com/story/2007/9/30/16317/5477
Article about attacks on U.K. politics, the pharmaceutical industry's involvement, and the consequences for homeopathy. Also discusses Sense About Science and its history in U.K. policymaking and politics.
gimpygimpy.wordpress.com
A clever and informative pro-homeopathy satire of the anti-homeopathy blogger, Gimpy.
www.hpathy.com/papersnew/Mclean-Homeopathy-Heals.asp
Instructions on how to make websites and Twitter communications more visible.
www.homeopathyheals.me.uk
List of positive articles and research about homeopathy.
safe-medicine.blogspot.com
Reports on U.K. government hearings, attacks on homeopathy, positive articles on homeopathy, and failures in conventional medicine.
www.hmc21.org
An informative site by U.K. homeopathy organization.
homeopathy4health.wordpress.com
Detailed proceedings of the U.K. Science and Technology Committee hearings, exposure of myths about homeopathy, and criticism of skeptics; extensive links to anti-homeopathy writings and pro-homeopathy responses.
www.homeopathyworldcommunity.com
Network-promoting communication among almost 2000 homeopaths worldwide, with special interest groups. Offers Twitter campaign tutorials.
www.hpathy.com
Monthly online journal including articles on international current events. Founder Dr. Manish Bhatia has posted a film on YouTube refuting the 10:23 campaign.
www.huffingtonpost.com/dana-ullman
Dana Ullman's Blog on the Huffington Post.
www.nationalcenterforhomeopathy.org
Homeopathy in the News, eNewsletter, and Homeopathy Today archives. Create your own blog, participate in forums, and network with others; exclusive to NCH members.
