> I know this is not placebo because often in the past if I got the flu it would lead to pneumonia. Since dosing I have not had a single case of it.
Just because something worked doesn't mean it wasn't a placebo.
Just because something worked doesn't mean it wasn't a placebo.
Sure, the vitamin D in his blood may increase, but the anecdote of "it works" is about him getting sick less. And that could be a placebo effect and any sake pill would have had the same effect.
And the placebo effect can happen even when the person knows it's a fake pill.