Category: Science and Medicine
Drowning Deaths Continue Post-Pandemic Rise
More people, mostly kids, are drowning these days, in no small part because of the pandemic.
Aaron Siri vs. Stanley Plotkin on post-licensure safety monitoring of vaccines
Vaccine scientist Stanley Plotkin coauthored a commentary on vaccine postlicensure studies. Antivax lawyer Aaron Siri tries to spin it as an "admission" that vaccines aren't safe. Predictable.
Part 1: We Don’t Have to Wonder if the Great Barrington Declaration Could Have “Worked”. In the Real World, It Failed.
Discussions about the GBD tend to take place in the conditional tense- what would, could, and should have happened. But the GBD actually existed and we can examine what actually happened.
Access Consciousness: Phrenology fused with energy medicine
Access Consciousness claims to show how to improve your mental and physical health by touching 32 Access Bars on your scalp. It's basically phrenology reborn and fused with "energy medicine."
Pandemic Revisionism: Doctors Who Defend Dr. Scott Atlas Are Afraid to Accurately Quote Dr. Scott Atlas. I’m Not.
"There is an ongoing, competitive process of writing the history of the pandemic." This isn't just about the past. It's about the future.
The Saga Continues: Australian Chiropractors Banned from Manipulating Infants…Again?
Those silly Australian chiropractors are at it again, what with all their high jinks and shenanigans and what not. This time they have reinstated a ban on treating babies that they had just gotten rid of.
An Open Letter to Dr. Stefan Baral: Let’s Revisit Your Article “Covid Vaccines for Children Should Not Get Emergency Use Authorization.”
"I value criticism and my collaborations are based on the ability to openly criticize other's ideas as a means of finding the 'right' answer."
“Panel stacking”: John Ioannidis versus a Delphi consensus statement on COVID-19
My former science idol John Ioannidis has published a paper citing a Delphi consensus statement on COVID-19 as evidence that the scientific community is "biased" against his anti-"lockdown" pro-virus views. His descent continues apace.
FDA Advisory Committee Recommends approval of new Alzheimer’s drug Donanemab
If approved, donanemab would be the third FDA approved disease-modifying beta-amyloid treatment for Alzheimer’s disease.
Will Your Tattoo Give You Cancer: Probably Not…but Maybe?
Do tattoos cause lymphoma? A new study that says "maybe?" is making the rounds but I wouldn't worry too much.