Category: Science and Medicine
Dr. Vinay Prasad echoes a common antivax trope that portrays concern about a deadly disease as irrational fear
Before the pandemic, antivaxxers likened concern about childhood diseases to mental illness. In the age of COVID-19, Dr. Vinay Prasad accuses medicine of "legitimizing" irrational anxiety and says we should treat COVID like the flu—with one telling omission. In a recent paid Substack, he doubles down and accuses physicians and scientists of anxiety disorders that "interfere with people's lives".
CDC Issues Warning as the Virus Associated with a Rare Polio-Like Illness in Children Returns
After a pandemic related lull, pediatric respiratory infections are roaring back. Unfortunately, this means that there will likely be a spike in cases of a polio-like illness caused by enterovirus D68.
Jay Bhattacharya errs on excess mortality in New Zealand
Jay Bhattacharya claims that New Zealand COVID policy was “a grand failure” based on flawed logic and a misinterpretation of the data. He should retract.
Did New Zealand Let Too Few People Die of COVID?
Doctors used to agree mass death was a bad thing. Not anymore.
But Is It Real?
Why we need more science in medicine.
Young Children are Ingesting Dangerous Batteries at an Alarming Rate
Small children have been ingesting batteries at increasing numbers over the past decade, and many are suffering severe injuries. New rules and regulations may finally be helping, however.
PreP for HIV/AIDS
Two pills and an injection are FDA-approved to prevent HIV infection. Not enough patients and providers know about them.
Is it “Natural and Healthy” When Children Get Sick With COVID?
The notion that society and children benefit when they contract vaccine-preventable diseases used to be relegated to the fringes of the anti-vaccine movement. It is now embraced by doctors at prestigious universities.
Chiropractic for Pediatric Seizures: Marketing in the Form of a Case Report
Here we are again with yet another case report full of limitations but making bold claims regarding chiropractic care of children with real medical conditions.
The Alternative to Vaccinating Children Isn’t Just “Not Vaccinating” Them
It's putting them on an inevitable collision course with the virus—without any protection from the vaccine.