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Skepticism, Science & Pseudoscience

Warpy

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1. I've seen shit like this go on

Reply to friendly_iconoclast (Original post)

Fri Sep 13, 2013, 10:05 PM

Sep 2013

and you just can't get through to rock headed, woo addled parents that coincidence is NOT causation and that they'd better get the kid to an allergist to find out of any of those allergies are real or they're going to end up in the pokey for starving the kid.

The only thing that works is taking the kids away. Sometimes they can be returned. Sometimes they can't.

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A 3-Year-Old Girl with Eye Pain (Child endangerment via nutrition woo) [View all] friendly_iconoclast Sep 2013 OP

I've seen shit like this go on Warpy Sep 2013 #1

One of the many skepticscott Sep 2013 #2

This message was self-deleted by its author AlecBGreen Oct 2013 #7

That is so sad LeftishBrit Sep 2013 #3

How do you not see that corneal plaque in your kid?!?! NickB79 Sep 2013 #4

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