Comments on: Airborne Baloney

By: Félix Araújo-Pérez

Félix Araújo-Pérez — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 23:49:30 +0000

Thanks for this article! Now my boyfriend and his roommate will believe me.

By: Gojis

Gojis — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 13:02:22 +0000

Super Post, w

By: Greatferm (Jay Conner)

Greatferm (Jay Conner) — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 02:41:40 +0000

My Grandfather was a doctor, and one day when I was very young I was in his back office while his nurse was tidying up, and I noticed some very large jars full of identical pills in a storage closet. I remarked that there must be a lot of whatever those pills cured going around, and the nurse replied “Those are sugar pills. When someone comes to see the doctor, they expect to get a pill. Doctor examines them, and if he finds something wrong, he treats it, but if he finds nothing wrong, he may give them some of these. And you know what ? Very often they feel much better, and come in asking for a refill “.

Don’t knock the Placebo Effect. Better to feel better and not know why, than feel worse and not know why.

By: Emmanuel Padin

Emmanuel Padin — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 10:12:34 +0000

It is sad that so many people fall for this kind of pseudoscience (me included in the past). Even medical doctors advertise many of these products. I once visited a physiatrist in Puerto Rico for a shoulder problem. While I was waiting in the reception room, one patient commented to the doctor that if he kept selling a miracle product call Goji in his office, he would be soon out of business!

By: aqk

aqk — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 03:36:47 +0000

Mother said “Wash your hands!”
And wash them continuously!
Can’t do this?
Well. Read on:

My small company is now developing a convenient portable pouch for Americans, that will fit in the front of the trousers (or skirt) and will allow folks to keep their hands in there, instead of in their dirty pockets, or worse, caressing some filthy germ-infested doorknob!
Much like a Scot’s Sporrin.

Our water-tight polycarbonate/polyethylene “sporrin” will be filled with a strong anti-bacterial detergent solution.
Attached to it will be a small disposable roll of towels, as well as an optional hi-intensity ultraviolet light, which will be attached to the belt-buckle.
Rechargeable batteries will fit in the user’s pocket or purse.

The dream of continuous handwashing has been finally realized!
NO MORE GERMS!

We hope to bundle a copy of Shakespeare’s Macbeth with the first 1000 orders.

By: P R Allen

P R Allen — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 17:46:25 +0000

Michael,

The proof that Airborne was effective should have been the fact that you did not get a cold after going through that airport and flying on that plane.

If you did get a cold, then you obviously didn’t take it at the “first sign”, you must have missed it by a few minutes or even a few seconds.

Or maybe you don’t have “enough faith” for it to work it’s magic.

Of course, you know I’m joking. But to be on the safe side I’m preparing some chicken soup.

By: Fred B

Fred B — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 13:26:52 +0000

Even Palmolive washes hands while you do dishes. “What can I use to make my hands look like yours, Madge?”. A: “Everything! and use Palmolive dish washing liquid”.

Perhaps you should wash your hands more often…Oh, wait, that destroys the low dose of virus you need to build immunity.

By: Michael Dalan, DC, CCSP

Michael Dalan, DC, CCSP — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 12:39:02 +0000

I am disheartened to here that you fell for this flim flam. I have been telling patients for years to use their heads when it come to this typo of thing. Maybe that is bad advice as using your head is precisely what led you down the path of deception. Having said that, I must admit that on one hand I feel upset that you and millions of others have fallen for this and numerous other bogus products claims but deep in the heart of me I wish I had been so devious to have thought of it first. What an easy life these people must have… make a useless product that catches on like wildfire and sit back to rake in the cash. Buyer beware and if it seems too good to be true it almost always is.