In ways large and small, millions of people are taking active steps to ____ the medical mainstream, whether by taking herbal remedies for disease or by placing their hopes for a cure in alternative treatment.
A. augment
B. sidestep
C. support
D. vilify
E. circumvent
F. endorse
解析
答案：BE
解析： by taking herbal remedies和by placing their hopes for a cure in alternative treatment都能体现这些人避开了主流的医学，所以正确答案选BE选项。
sidestep回避，circumvent避开。
翻译：以或大或小的方式，很多人正在积极地采取措施避开医学主流，或者通过采用草药治疗疾病，也或者通过用其他的治疗方式来取代他们的希望。