Bad Medicine, Fake History, Postcolonial Complicity: Ayurveda in the Time of COVID
For more than a century, proponents of Ayurveda have been honing a style of argument that historian of science Meera Nanda calls 'strategic inclusivism'.
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For more than a century, proponents of Ayurveda have been honing a style of argument that historian of science Meera Nanda calls 'strategic inclusivism'.
Health Minister Dr Harshvardhans criticism of Ramdevs anti-doctor remarks — the minister used the anodyne words “unfortunate and inappropriate” — were surprisingly mild. The minister should have spoken up much more strongly in defence of Indias doctors, many of whom have sacrificed their own lives to treat Covid patients.
It is modern medicine which is today saving millions, and it is scientists and doctors who have discovered, in a dramatically compressed time span, the only proven protection against coronavirus, namely the Covid vaccine. In...
Does the Baba use a mask? No. Has he taken a vaccine shot? No. Has the virus made any difference to his well-being? A resounding no. What more is needed to disprove the hollow claims of allopathy?
The yoga guru claims that the drug manufactured by Patanjali can cure the coronavirus in seven days, even though there is no firm scientific evidence.