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Skepticism, Science & Pseudoscience

Warpy

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8. 2 in 10,000? That's pretty damned safe

Reply to frogmarch (Reply #7)

Sat Feb 6, 2016, 07:55 PM

Feb 2016

As for disease transmission, it doesn't occur from sterile, single use needles. It did occur in the 70s when acupuncture first appeared here and multi use needles were used by Chinese acupuncturists. Those aren't used any more by anyone. The only place I've ever seen them is in a display case at a museum.

Sterile means there are no pathogens on them, period.

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