When Did “Herd Immunity” Become a Taboo Phrase?
Doctors who repeatedly predicted herd immunity in 2020 and 2021, mocking and berating those who disagreed, now treat herd immunity as a taboo phrase.
Dr. Vinay Prasad fully embraces the antivax message of “do not comply”
COVID-19 "contrarians" like Dr. Vinay Prasad have long complained about being labelled "antivaccine," which they view as unfair. Why, then, do they embrace antivax messages like "do not comply," even if they don't use the exact words?
Take a Pledge to Enroll in a Randomized-Controlled Trial
As COVID cases and hospitalizations increase yet again, I'd like my contribution to medical research to be more than convincing people to skip vaccine doses. So should you.
The Grand Debunk of the antivaxxer book “Turtles All the Way Down” (part 5/10)
The fifth installment in the grand debunk the antivaxxer book “Turtles All the Way Down”: Chapter 5.
Self-Amplifying RNA Vaccines
Self-Amplifying RNA vaccines are coming. Here's a primer to get you ready.
The COVID-as-bacterial-pneumonia conspiracy theory rises again
In yet another example of everything hold being new again, antivaxxers have resurrected the claim that deaths due to COVID-19 are actually due to bacterial pneumonia, just as antivaxxers used to say the same thing about influenza deaths. It is, of course, another case of confusing cause and effect in order to obfuscate.
Doctors Respond to Being Quoted: “I Don’t Think You Realize How Silly You Look Right Now”
"They resorted to ad hominem attacks and dug a deeper hole for themselves."
Science-Based Satire: TCM Experts Baffled by Man Born Without Meridians
Has the first case of complete congenital Qi deficiency been diagnosed in Massachusetts? Is it possible to run a successful landscaping business without any meridians? Where can you get acupuncture and your car detailed at the same time? All these questions and more will be answered in today's post, which I completely made up.
Are “keto supplements” necessary?
A closer look at the science supporting beta hydroxybutyrate supplements
Summer COVID Wave
COVID is still here, happily mutating, and we need to adapt to this new reality.