Mexico.- The ISSSTE director, Pedro Zenteno Santaella, assured that he is under homeopathic treatment after contracting Covid-19, which provoked criticism from the scientific community.
Through his social networks, the director of the ISSSTE assured that he is well and is taking a homeopathy treatment against Covid-19, while he remains isolated while waiting to resume his work.
“I am fine, with mild symptoms, I am already under homeopathic medical treatment. In a few days I will return to my activities, while I am still on the lookout from home and isolated,” wrote Pedro Zenteno.
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For the former Secretary of Health, Salomón Chertorivski, he is concerned that one of the heads of the health sector postulates homeopathy as a way to treat a potentially deadly disease.
“I hope he recovers soon. I wish I also value medical scienceChertorivski added.
Through his social networks, the infectologist Alejandro Macías assured that “homeopathy is water with sugar.”
“We must clarify that there is no such thing as a homeopathic treatment against Covid-19,” Macías said.
Guillermo Torre Amione, director of TecSalud shared: “Homeopathy vs Covid? I would say science and evidence have responded to Covid.”
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For his part, virologist Andreu Comas wrote: “Mexico’s health is so bad that INSABI is run by an anthropologist, ISSSTE by a homeopath, and health by an anti-vaccine.”
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