Category: Public Health

Should We Fear the Monkeypox?
A recent outbreak of monkeypox is likely containable, but people are understandably concerned.

Ayn Rand, Objectivists, and COVID
Healthcare workers are leaving medicine after coming under attack due to the type of disinformation spread by Objectivists. That's ironic.

Vaccines Don’t Save Lives
Fostering basic critical thinking skills and countering medical misinformation is a vital undertaking.

Yes. I Remember it Well. A COVID 45 Retrospective
With faltering memory, questionable opinions, and sketchy references, an infectious disease revenant reflects on the last 2.5 years of COVID 45. Grizzly bear assault free. As in no assault, not the price of a Grizzly bear assault.

The Toll of COVID
We can't take our eyes off the ball just yet - what's the state of the pandemic?

Vitamin D for the prevention of COVID-19: A randomized controlled trial
A large clinical trial shows vitamin D supplementation had no effect on COVID-19.

Update on Long COVID
Recent evidence suggests the burden of long COVID is significant.

The return of the revenge of “COVID-19 mRNA vaccines permanently alter your DNA” and “lab leak”
Claims that COVID-19 vaccines "permanently alter your DNA" or that SARS-CoV-2 was engineered in a lab were resurrected last week based on two dubious studies. No matter how many times you think these myths have been debunked, they always come back for another installment of the same misinformation franchise.

Dr. Vinay Prasad: “Public Health’s (Mis)Truth Problem”
Dr. Vinay Prasad continues to spread fear, uncertainty, and doubt about the government response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.