Category: Science and Medicine
The Doctor’s Voice: Why AI Health Chatbots Believe Medical Lies
Framing misinformation as coming from "a senior doctor" overrides skepticism
Smart Drugs Are Here
There is a quiet revolution going on. While so much media attention is being spent on debating the risks vs benefits of raw milk, the latest outrages from the systematic dismantling of quality science at the CDC and other federal agencies, and by the tsunami of terrible medical science being pushed on social media, science-based medicine marches on. Public awareness of recent...
The Covid Amnesia Project and the Plot to Erase 2020
It’s up to those of us who experienced the pandemic in the real-world to make sure that what actually happened in 2020 isn’t deliberately erased by sheltered disinformation agents who experienced it all from their laptops.
Geopolitics and Drug Shortages
The war in Iran is challenging pharmaceutical supply chains and revealing strains in the system.
Vaccines Work. Here’s Why We Care About Your Unvaccinated Child.
While normal people don't want any child to suffer or die because their parents were tricked by disinformation, the leaders of the anti-vaccine movement, who profit by lying about vaccines, don't care at all.
Death Returns From Holiday
This picture invariably brings tears to my eyes. It could be the logo, literally and metaphorically, for current health care policy.
Now That It’s His Job to Control Measles, Dr. Jay Bhattacharya Suddenly Expects People to Trust Everyone & Everything He Spent 6 Years Attacking
With Dr. Jay Bhattacharya in power, the headlines now read "Americans Trust Fauci Over RFK Jr. and Career Scientists Over Trump Officials."
Generic GLP-1s are coming, but Americans don’t want to wait
Compounding pharmacies are illegally selling GLP-1 drugs, and the FDA is determined to shut that pathway down.
“Vinay Prasad Loves President Trump”. That, Plus 12 Other Thoughts on the End of Dr. Vinay Prasad’s Sabbatical From UCSF
The bottom line is this: when given the opportunity to prove his real-world prowess, Dr. Vinay Prasad failed.
MAHA: Everything old is new again, except this time antiscience cranks (like Stanislaw Burzynski) are in charge
Returning from my hiatus, I couldn't decide on a specific new topic, mainly because so much bad stuff happened in my absence. So, in this post I back up a bit to reflect on how RFK Jr.'s "make America healthy again" is nothing new. What is new is that the antiscience-cranks are in charge.