Category: Science and Medicine
When Doctors Have Different Standards of Evidence for the Virus and the Vaccine
817,000 Americans had already died of COVID by December 23, 2021, and 244,000 more would die the next year. Millions more survived, but were injured. These numbers could have been lower if doctors had not become defense attorneys for SARS‑CoV‑2 and prosecutors against the vaccine, and instead applied similar standards of evidence to both.
Anti-Vaccine Doctors: “Kids Don’t Need the Vaccine Because They Are Less Likely to Acquire SARS-CoV-2 and Because Most Already Had COVID-19”
Those of us who thought about vaccines before the pandemic know perfectly well that anti-vaxxers start with their conclusions and work backwards to retrofit the "evidence." Doctors who do the same shouldn't be regarded any differently.
Steve Kirsch and Brandolini’s law
The amount of energy needed to refute bullshit is an order of magnitude bigger than that needed to produce it.
Science-Based Satire: Could Spontaneous Human Combustion Become a Chronic, Treatable Disease? Maybe. Yeah, I think so.
Do humans spontaneously burst into flames? Can these mysterious cases be predicted and kept at bay by homeopathic remedies? No. They don't and they can't. I made it all up. Is it just me, or is getting really hot in here.
Can Kinesiology Tape Increase Oxygen Delivery and Improve Sports Performance?
USA Track & Field is endorsing a kinesiology tape that is claimed to improve cell oxygenation.
The Pandemic As Spectacle
Though calls for "debates" are made by unserious people, unserious people can do serious damage when they are willing to spread disinformation about vaccines, all because a doctor with principles isn't willing to play his part in their absurd theater.
A Letter to My Critics: To Refute Me, Stand Up For Your Own Words
Calling me a "lockerdowner" generates likes and retweets from "free-thinkers", but it doesn't refute anything I wrote. Since you obviously need help, I'd like to give you a clear roadmap to refute my ideas. All you have to do is stand up for your own words and make the affirmative case that the purposeful infection of unvaccinated children and young adults was...
Three New Studies Show the COVID Vaccines Are Very Safe for Children
Three new studies tell us what we already knew- vaccine isn't perfect, but it's far safer than the virus for children.
A Perhaps Not-So-Unexpected Spike in Pediatric Brain Abscesses
The surge in viral infections last year appears to be to blame for a significant increase in cases of brain abscesses in children. They remain rare, and panic is not warranted, but they are a life-threatening complication of common bacterial infections that should be taken seriously.
Courage
If I were King of the Vaccines. Some thoughts on influenza vaccine, hospitalization, death and courage.