Category: Science and Medicine
RFK Jr: Recruit Dr. Vinay Prasad to Run an RCT of the Routine Vaccine Schedule
I only feel comfortable suggesting an RCT of routine vaccines because I am confident it wouldn't get off the ground.
Islamic Medicine and the Biopolitics of Antiscience in Iran
When Islamic Medicine Kills the Ayatollah!
Innovations in Blood Transfusions Will Save Lives
Stored blood quickly loses its effectiveness, so how can we improve the situation?
Dr. Edward Livingston On Vaccines & Autism: “Because of Public Skepticism, it is Not Settled Science”
Will new studies cause large numbers of anti-vaxxers to say "Wow. It turns our vaccines don't cause autism after all. I've been wrong the whole time."?
Everything Old Is New Again, Again
Myths spread by contrarian doctors to minimize COVID are being recycled to minimize measles. The anti-vaccine circle is complete.
Paul Thacker relitigates criticisms of Dr. Jay Bhattacharya and the Great Barrington Declaration
"Journalist" Paul Thacker defends Dr. Jay Bhattacharya and the Great Barrington Declaration by rehashing the same old deceptive rhetoric that was easily debunked when it was first employed.
RFK Jr.: Vaccines Not Only Protect Individual Children From Measles, But Also Contribute To Community Immunity
"RFK Jr. switching sides on vaccines now is like an arsonist urging people to put out the fire he started."
Measles is back, and so are all the old antivax tropes about it
Measles is back, and so are all the old antivax tropes about the disease and the vaccine. Unfortunately, there's an antivaxxer in charge.
Welcome to the Resistance UCSF Doctors
The many doctors who are just now realizing that misinformation wasn't "COVID hysteria nonsense" have a lot of catching up to do to understand how the forces they've legitimized the led to this moment.
Dr. Vinay Prasad Embraces Policy-Based Evidence Making
Policy-based evidence making means working back from a predefined policy to produce underpinning evidence.