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 nostr:npub1su4t3c2h2fl2ws6hfcnn5r7jdn87qvhvaafe5uv3hcwygxz3rjssf6a0dw It's amazing how effective placebos can be I admit.  Even if you tell people something is a placebo sometimes it still has an effect.

I just wish there wasn't a whole high-profit market built up around selling placebos marketed as not placebos.  I still think we'd be best off with some kind of official placebo products, but like they say it in the fine print.  It wouldn't work for some, but then we wouldn't have people thinking they can prevent the flu by taking vitamin C and zinc.