Novavax: It’s the vaccine that scares antivaxxers, not moth DNA or any ingredient in any vaccine
The Novavax COVID-19 vaccine was recently granted emergency use approval by the FDA. Company executives and some public health officials have expressed hope that this recombinant protein-based vaccine will be more palatable to the vaccine-hesitant than existing vaccines using new (and therefore scarier) mRNA and adenovirus platforms. The reaction to the use of moth cells to produce the Novavax vaccine shows that...
Minimizing COVID Via Postmodernism
An exploration of how, under the guise of "reason", doctors who desperate to be different no matter the evidence have embraced the position that there are no aspects of reality that are objective and that feelings matter more than facts.
I Don’t Think Vaccine Side Effects Are Worse Than Death. Am I Off My Rocker?
Contrarian doctors frame data in a misleading way to trick you into thinking vaccine side-effects are worse than death. They call you psychotic if you disagree.
Science-Based Satire: A Powerful and Ancient Practice is Revolutionizing Medical Venipuncture
Are experts in medical dowsing using medical grade rods to locate blood vessels to improve venipuncture success rates? No, they aren't. That's absurd and this is clearly satire. But dowsing for dead bodies might be accepted in a court of law near you, which is also absurd but not made up. Really.
What are the risks of touching fentanyl?
There is the widespread belief that simply touching fentanyl can be fatal. This assumption isn't supported by science or evidence.
Excess in Non-COVID Deaths
What are the true causes of the excess non-COVID deaths during the pandemic?
Chiropractic Neck Manipulations in the News
Caitlin Jensen's chiropractor called 911 when she developed alarming symptoms after neck manipulation. She had a heart attack, was pulseless for 10 minutes, and suffered traumatic brain injury. Surgeons found dissections of 4 arteries in the neck. A month later, she remains paralyzed and is still in the ICU.
COVID-19 puts the spotlight on an unexpected racial disparity in health care
Evidence increasingly suggests that pulse oximeters, the little finger clips that measure blood oxygen, overestimate the blood oxygenation in Black patients. It's a problem that's been discussed a long time that took a pandemic to bring to public consciousness. How can SBM decrease or eliminate such healthcare disparities?
Yet Another Silly Reason Doctors Give For Leaving Babies Vulnerable to COVID: 🍒-Picking
By cherry-picking only the studies that advance their agenda, contrarian doctors who don't care for sick children can misinform parents and further their goal of having unvaccinated children contract COVID.
Science Based Satire: Trashing the COVID Vaccine is the Only Way to Maintain Trust in Vaccines
A guest post from a contrarian doctor who knows one has to trash vaccines to maintain trust in vaccines.