Category: Science and Medicine
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.
Misinformation Doctors Start a Misinformation Journal to Spread Misinformation
There is no doubt the "studies" in this journal will conclude We Want Them Infected doctors were right about everything the whole time; mitigation measure were an epic catastrophe while COVID was a harmless cold for everyone but grandma.
It’s the end of the world as I know it. And I feel fine.
Pondering the future of a few infections. As to the image, consider it a metaphor of before and after where Jesus is a stand in for science or public health or whatever you want him to be. Except a promoter of peace and helping the poor. Not in 2025 anyway. See https://www.bu.edu/sequitur/2016/04/29/handler-ecce/ for more.
“Don’t Worry About the NIH” From the Same Doctors Who Brought You “Don’t Worry About COVID.”
Although many doctors who spread COVID misinformation act as if its in poor taste to bring it up today, we don't need their permission to remember.