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hlthe2b

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8. I remember the horrific episode from the advised use of hyperbaric chambers for these kids
Fri Jun 12, 2026, 11:28 AM
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In the case I mention, a large rigid (standard) hyperbaric chamber with room for a health care worker to oversee the process was not in use, but rather a much less expensive semi-inflatable chamber and only room for the child to lie on a table within. Unfortunately the child began moving around as the pressurization commenced, triggering an spark and explosive fire that the mother, unfortunately was watching from outside the chamber. I think the imagination can take hold as to what would become of a child trapped in this "chamber" while it exploded in fire. Beyond horror and of course it was fatal.
https://abcnews.com/US/hyperbaric-chamber-explosion-death-murder-charges/story?id=119677003

Yet, I don't know if any regulation or changes in allowing these non-regulation chambers occurred. There was another incident of a wealthy and someone renowned physician using one in his own home for supposed life-extending benefits. Unfortunately he used it without anyone
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/horror-as-much-loved-doctor-burned-alive-in-hyperbaric-chamber-at-his-own-practice/ar-AA1IpqTU


What does unregulated and fatal events in hyperbaric chambers have to do with RFK Jr's pushing unregulated unproven stem cell treatments in autistic children while decrying scientifically proven vaccines? Well, both of the two former "treatments" describe the lengths to which his and other advocates will go to ignore actual scientifically proven treatments and avail themselves to the far riskier unproven rantings of nonmedical "influencers" and others online. And there is very little to stop it when the head of our HHS is among those proponents.

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WTAF!!! yellow dahlia Friday #1
The parents believe the kids belong to them Bmoboy Friday #3
Backwards thinking. Parenting is a responsibility - not ownership. yellow dahlia Friday #5
a lot of parents think their children are their property DBoon Friday #9
Sad. yellow dahlia Friday #12
No, they are desperate GenThePerservering Friday #19
Pure unadulterated expensive quackery prescribed by a witch doctor. What could go wrong? flashman13 Friday #2
So, immunizations, which have been studied exhaustively, are a problem... 3catwoman3 Friday #4
Insignificant benefits means no differences between this treatment and placebo. LisaL Friday #7
The Duke study found no benefit. yardwork Friday #17
Isn't that special. ... s/ littlemissmartypants Friday #6
I remember the horrific episode from the advised use of hyperbaric chambers for these kids hlthe2b Friday #8
Where are they obtaining... ultralite001 Friday #10
Hire a snake oil salesman and that's what you get - snake oil! JustKay Friday #11
Will this snakeoil failure create distrust for legitimate stem cell research and it's funding? QueerDuck Friday #13
I'm by no means an expert. WinstonSmith4740 Friday #14
"What I really want to know is how do you diagnose an 18 month old child as autistic?" ShazzieB Friday #21
There could be signs, even at that age. LisaL Friday #22
Thanks for the info! ShazzieB Friday #25
Same here, Shazzie! SheltieLover Friday #26
I had a severely autistic brother Skittles Friday #29
NO one... GiqueCee Friday #15
Mr. Anti-Science, RFK Jr, wanting to use science ?? Why didn't Lightening come down and burn his ass down ? dave99 Friday #16
Apparently Republicans hate autism even MORE than stem cell research now? Wow. Karasu Friday #18
Horrifying. highplainsdem Friday #20
+1 pat_k Friday #23
We're back to the pre-FDA snake oil days. SamuelAdams Friday #24
I despise that man. He must be prosecuted. Passages Friday #27
I don't even understand under what theory they think stem cells could cure autism. LisaL Friday #28
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