But for anything that’s been studied in detail, there’s always lots of evidence to support any semi-plausible view. Do you have any idea how much evidence people can produce for UFOs or chronic Lyme or colloidal silver?
To me, the colloidal silver situation feels strange. It seems that it was used as an antibiotic in the past but we don’t have good studies that tell us whether or not it works as an antibiotic. If there would be good evidence that it doesn’t work it would likely be on the Wikipedia page.
Health authorities warn about the dangers of antibiotic resistance and how important it supposedly is to have new antibiotics that work through different mechanisms. At the same time, they don’t fund the studies to see whether colloidal silver works as an antibiotic, probably out of some combination of it not being patentable and otherwise being a low-status idea.
For most practical purposes, if I need an antibiotic I would rather use one with a well-understood risk profile, so using colloidal silver as a home treatment seems a bad idea.
To me, the colloidal silver situation feels strange. It seems that it was used as an antibiotic in the past but we don’t have good studies that tell us whether or not it works as an antibiotic. If there would be good evidence that it doesn’t work it would likely be on the Wikipedia page.
Health authorities warn about the dangers of antibiotic resistance and how important it supposedly is to have new antibiotics that work through different mechanisms. At the same time, they don’t fund the studies to see whether colloidal silver works as an antibiotic, probably out of some combination of it not being patentable and otherwise being a low-status idea.
For most practical purposes, if I need an antibiotic I would rather use one with a well-understood risk profile, so using colloidal silver as a home treatment seems a bad idea.