1799
“Give me your E. coli, your polio, your huddled Tuberculosis yearning to kill free.” Statue of Liberty, 2025 Originally I was not going to write a post this month. As this goes live, I am in Adelaide on a trip down under. When I was young, aka in my 50s, I would try and write a blog entry while traveling. It is...
Acupuncture Paradox?
Let's see. Let's put the chaise longues facing the ice berg. The blue and white of the ice are a nice focal point. We can alternate the chaise longue with Adirondacks for those that don't want to put up their feet. We should also have a few ottomans as well. Looks good. The band sounds nice; I always did like Autumn Dream.
Vitamin A, Infections and Measles
I have always had a bias towards the Appeal to Nature Fallacy: An Appeal to Nature Fallacy happens when someone argues that something is good, better, or more authentic simply because it’s natural, while brushing aside anything man-made as inferior or harmful. Or last my version of it. I have always thought of the human body as more or less tuned by...
It’s the end of the world as I know it. And I feel fine.
Pondering the future of a few infections. As to the image, consider it a metaphor of before and after where Jesus is a stand in for science or public health or whatever you want him to be. Except a promoter of peace and helping the poor. Not in 2025 anyway. See https://www.bu.edu/sequitur/2016/04/29/handler-ecce/ for more.
Old Doctor Yells At Clouds
I’m at that age, 67 going in 68, where it is reasonable to yell at the clouds. Which, come to think of it, may be a good title for another collection of my SBM essays. Aging does indeed suck, but it is, usually, better than the alternative. As we, and by we I mean my family and me, age we get the...
Reality
Reality. Doesn't care what you think.
A New DC Degree. What the World Needs Now.
Perhaps the neck manipulation was a bit too aggressive.
Hungover
Hangovers: a problem with only one solution.
AI and the SCAM Literature
AI reviews the medical literature on the mechanisms of various SCAMs
Licking
A dog's mouth is likely less 'dirty' than a meth mouth.