Well it looks like the only Public body doing so was the NHS, and the point the WHO is making is that to maximise health you need to meet people where they are. If they don't trust doctors or surgeons (and for the early decades of Homeopathy's invention, surgeons were pretty hit and miss) then there...

As for the WHO Their website explains why the study traditional and complimentary medicine: For centuries, traditional, indigenous and ancestral knowledge has been an integral resource for health in households and communities, and it continues to form a significant part of healthcare in many regions...

Giving ppl drugs and telling them it will help triggers the placebo effect, making them believe the same drugs will have serious side effects will massively increase the rate of side effects. So I don't think it is just as simple as playing with a kitten (though that may also be limited in effective...

In fact, the research i have found argued that the studies of homeopathy which do show effectiveness are invalid (due to statistics, cherry picking and not registerín tghe trial until after they have gotten the result the wanted). Which could be used to undermine any research i did find backing up m...

1) Did the WHO promote those in asking a question? 2) are they not correct that millions already practice these approaches? 3) the NHS has (in the past at least) put money into homeopathy) and some of the research actually showed that despite homeopathy's lack of chemical benefits, their calm and c...

1) Did the WHO promote those in asking a question? 2) are they not correct that millions already practice these approaches? 3) the NHS has (in the past at least) put money into homeopathy) and some of the research actually showed that despite homeopathy's lack of chemical benefits, their calm and ca...

Seperately, on the German program. That sounds so cool, my own children have definitely explored bodies in the bath (their own and their siblings) and this is perfectly healthy for their stage of development. So I can see some educational merit if implemented well. But it also opens it so many child...

Just a quick thank you to Jamie for flying the flag. Then I wanted to note that Oct has a single point about how the 'rest' of the LGBT community is/should respond. It is worth noting that Pride has for years had a internal debate about the presence of kink. One side arguing that Pride should be a f...

French West africa is something I saw recently described as the abusive relationship which ended but the abuser refused to leave .. Yes, independent former French colonies are in revolt. The only surprise is that is took this long. NB one of the reasons France has managed to run their country on ~80...

Given the number of cluster munitions that Russia has used already, I'm not sure this will make a big difference, infact if it helps end the war more quickly (possibly because the US stockpile of ammunition is running low and production is not meeting Ukrainian use levels) it may save lives. At leas...

I am not pro-war, to start with, iirc i said i didn't believe Russia was stupid enough to invade, i think i (very wrongly) predicted it was all some kind of scam. I am anti- Imperialism, and this case of Russian Imperialism is rather clear. The lesser of two evils, in supporting NATO based military ...

Good news, everyone! The war in Ukraine is going so well that the US is going to supply the Ukrainian military with truck loads of cluster bombs. Described by the United Nations Secretary General as abhorrent and repulsive, and outlawed by almost the entire Western world because of their tendency t...

Russia has a number of measures in place to prevent a coup, including having all of its leading military figures closely watched by the FSB. Such methods are brutal but tend to be effective except when things are falling apart, and if things were that bad you'd have thought Wagner's actions would h...

I really hate doing this, but CIA mouth piece has a tiny bit of interesting information:
https://youtu.be/UdN8BCRVMjk

I did hear there are rumours that Wagner was caught in a Ukrainian security services trap making him think his contacts within the Russian Security apparatus would swap sides and take out his enemies... But that seems rather too contrived. It does show that there are downsides to the intentional div...

The Mafia (evil minority) get a Discord chat at night, but that's typed chat not voice chat. Ok, yeah, i have been spoiled by too many games of Mafia/Werewolves in person. I can't imagine playing without voice and preferable video conferencing for the day time conversation. Among Us, likewise terri...

What would the EU do if Canada invades Malta? Like you, I am very worried about the threat of Canadian aggression. Probably sanctions against Canada as a minimum, but I'm not sure if that is within the power of the EU of the member nations to agree. Place significant diplomatic weight on the US to ...

The Mafia (evil minority) get a Discord chat at night, but that's typed chat not voice chat. Ok, yeah, i have been spoiled by too many games of Mafia/Werewolves in person. I can't imagine playing without voice and preferable video conferencing for the day time conversation. Among Us, likewise terri...

You're trolling now, aren't you? Am i? Ireland would send humanitarian aid and not troops, because we don't have many troops to send, and are a neutral country. But the EU department which i cites specifically stated they have done exercises where they imagine these scenarios. NATO members are a di...

It sounds interesting. I've never played it. Why don't you ever sign up for our Mafia games here? Give it a shot, you'd be welcome. I prefer playing in person, tbh. Haven't gotten a game in a while. How is Mafia played on the site?! Do you do voice chat on discord? Here is a shut up and sit down re...