Update on GMOs and Health
Thirty years on, there is even more evidence that GMO food are safe.
Courage
If I were King of the Vaccines. Some thoughts on influenza vaccine, hospitalization, death and courage.
When an antivax physician “dies suddenly”: The case of Dr. Rashid Buttar
Last month, Dr. Rashid Buttar, a prominent antivax "integrative medicine" practitioner, died suddenly. Because he hadn't been vaccinated, antivaxxers struggled mightily to reconcile his death with their conspiracy theory about COVID-19 vaccines killing thousands "suddenly." It turns out, however, that that Dr. Buttar had not been a well man since 2016 and was as much a victim of quackery as his patients...
The Pandemic As Spectacle
Though calls for "debates" are made by unserious people, unserious people can do serious damage when they are willing to spread disinformation about vaccines, all because a doctor with principles isn't willing to play his part in their absurd theater.
A Letter to My Critics: To Refute Me, Stand Up For Your Own Words
Calling me a "lockerdowner" generates likes and retweets from "free-thinkers", but it doesn't refute anything I wrote. Since you obviously need help, I'd like to give you a clear roadmap to refute my ideas. All you have to do is stand up for your own words and make the affirmative case that the purposeful infection of unvaccinated children and young adults was...
Dubious Autonomic Nervous System Claims
Beware overblown claims that autonomic testing can help almost anything.
Is Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. antivaccine? Judge him by his own words!
Last week, an antivaxxer on Substack—where else?—tried to argue that Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. is not antivaccine by encouraging you to judge him by his own words. I agree. You should judge RFK Jr. by his own words, as they show definitively that he has been antivaccine since at least 2005.
Three New Studies Show the COVID Vaccines Are Very Safe for Children
Three new studies tell us what we already knew- vaccine isn't perfect, but it's far safer than the virus for children.
A Perhaps Not-So-Unexpected Spike in Pediatric Brain Abscesses
The surge in viral infections last year appears to be to blame for a significant increase in cases of brain abscesses in children. They remain rare, and panic is not warranted, but they are a life-threatening complication of common bacterial infections that should be taken seriously.
Homeopathy + AI = Still Nonsense
Artificial Intelligence can't make pseudoscience real
Don’t Blame the Patient