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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.
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Science vs HIV
The Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) is a global pandemic, with 39 million cases worldwide, and over 1 million new infections each year. While it rose to epidemic and then pandemic levels in the 1980s, the first case goes back to 1959. HIV is a retrovirus that inserts its genetic material into the DNA of host cells, and targets the immune system as...
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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.
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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.
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No Benefit to Daily Multivitamin Use
A 20-year analysis of almost 400,000 generally healthy adults shows that vitamins do not help you live longer.
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Microplastics and Global Health
What is a science-based medicine approach to potential public health risks? We write a lot about such risks here, trying to put them into perspective and cut through the hype and sensational headlines. We all have more than enough to worry about without adding unnecessarily to this burden. At the same time, humans have transformed our environment with industry, potentially introducing new...
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Paul Marik: Disparaging chemotherapy in order to sell cancer quackery
Everything old is new once again, as COVID-19 quacks rehash old cancer quack claims that chemotherapy doesn't work in order to sell their preferred cancer quackery.
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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."
The Lab Leak Theory and the Complicit Media
How the media's need for tales of intrigue and villains fosters the political weaponization of uncertainty