Maybe because the first paragraph is a non sequitur swipe at the business of alternative medicine and two people in particular. Or maybe because there&#x27;s apparently an online campaign against the article author.<p>The first paragraph may not be so random in the blog&#x27;s context, I expect a blog called Science Based Medicine would spend a lot of time doing battle with alternative medicine adherents, but it detracts from this specific article which does a good job deflating this medical errors headline.