Butterfly iQ – A cheap handheld ultrasound tool with AI smarts inside

Re:Butterfly iQ – A cheap handheld ultrasound tool with AI s... by staunch on Monday October 30, 2017 @08:58PM (#15590365)

Is there any evidence anti-vaccine and homeopathy movements are bigger than they were in the past?

Google Trends suggests homeopathy is up a bit recently, but way down from its pre-internet peak.

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Re:Butterfly iQ – A cheap handheld ultrasound tool with AI s... by mschuster91 on Monday October 30, 2017 @09:06PM (#15590407)

> Is there any evidence anti-vaccine and homeopathy movements are bigger than they were in the past?

I'm talking about Germany here as I can't really speak for the US, where from 2011 to 2013 prescriptions rose 3.8% and OTC sales went up 23% (https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hom%C3%B6opathie#Bundesrepubli...).

As for antivaxers, Europe as a whole has a huge measles problem which has risen in the last years (http://theconversation.com/whats-behind-the-sudden-rise-in-m...).

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