Tragic - we could see 1000's of such stories daily about modern medicine

That is a tragic story.  Though the father certainly made a tragic mistake and it appears obvious that his actions led to very serious and permanent harm, one can hardly fault him or anyone else for being leery of mainstream medicine, which kills and inures by the thousands daily.

One reason the story of a single person being harmed from inappropriate use of a herbal supplement is the fact that it is so unusual.  Greater still is how rare it is for properly taken supplments to cause serious harm, much less death.

On the other hand, deaths and serious reactions due to properly prescribed and taken medications hardly causes a ripple because they happen by the tens and hundreds of thousands.  Death and harm from all mainstream sources happen by the several hundreds of thousands.

In the first three months of this year alone, the Food and Drug Administration received nearly 21,000 reports of serious drug reactions, including more than 4,800 deaths.  Actual reports are considered to be but a fraction of actual events.  Total iatrognenic deaths due to modern medicine are over 250,000 per year by the American Medical Associations own estimate with millions more serious adverse events.

Put in context, we could see thousands of stories daily about death and serious injury due to mainstream medicine. 

Now THERE is a story to report:  Supplements and natural treatments harm a relative handful, approved medicine kills and seriously harms millions!

DQ