A feed showing posts from experts on alt-health pseudoscience as well as critics of wellness culture and anti-vaccine misinfo/disinfo.
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Goodbye to the Novavax Vaccine? Our Flailing Medical Establishment Rejects Medical Freedom and Refuses to Fund Gold-Standard Science.
Our current Medical Establishment doesn't seem to grasp that they are no longer just Fox News and Twitter celebrities who can comment from the sidelines as if they were passive observers.
www.voicesforvaccines.org
I Was One of the Last Americans to Get Polio
When I was young, I was the only kid in the whole school with a disability from polio. Years later I began to its the long-term effects.
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More evidence herpes zoster (shingles) vaccine delays dementia
The herpes zoster (shingles) vaccine significantly lowers the risk of developing dementia, as confirmed by new research.
Alex Knapp@thealexknapp.bsky.social
The FDA is going to miss the target approval date for Stealth BioTherapeutics' rare disease drug. It's rare that FDA misses such a date unless the agency thinks it needs more data or has other questions, which is not the case here. endpts.com/fda-delays-s...
endpts.com
www.gq.com
They Took an Edible. Anxiety Haunted Them for Years
“It completely altered my life,” says one woman who ate a single THC gummy before watching a movie at home. “My surroundings feel fake. It feels like I'm dreaming.”
www.scientificamerican.com
Trump Dismisses Scientists Writing Key Climate Report
President Trump has dismissed hundreds of scientists working on the congressionally mandated National Climate Assessment, raising concerns about whether the void will be filled with pseudoscience
www.axios.com
Scientists mobilize to counter vaccine misinformation
A group of scientists may produce its own vaccine evaluations and clinical guidelines, to counter misinformation.
jamanetwork.com
What Parents Need to Know About Online Misinformation
This JAMA Pediatrics Patient Page describes how parents can help their children build media literacy skills to recognize online misinformation.
dx.plos.org
Vaccines work… and do not cause autism
Vaccines have saved millions of lives, yet their importance and safety is repeatedly in question. W e cannot let disinformation campaigns get in the way of global public health – it is not time to def...
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"You Will Own Nothing"
YouTube video by Jared Henderson
![A shift in messaging on vaccines
It was a simple question from CNN’s Dana Bash. Should parents vaccinate their kids, as measles cases in the U.S. steadily rise, she asked Makary.
“I believe vaccines save lives, and any child who dies from a vaccine-preventable disease is a tragedy,” Makary replied. Bash asked him the yes-or-no question a second time. “I believe in the MMR shot,” was Makary’s final answer.
Makary is following the lead of Kennedy, who has said the most effective way to prevent measles is vaccination but has repeatedly muddled that message, downplaying the threat of the disease and promoting unproven treatments.
In an interview with Megyn Kelly, Makary did encourage parents to vaccinate their children against measles. But he also minimized measles’ risks, saying it has a low mortality rate and a tendency to afflict people with underlying conditions. The two children who died from measles were described by Texas officials as “previously healthy.”
“I’m not suggesting that people can skip [the vaccine] if they’re healthy, but we have to be honest with the data to people,” Makary said. “That’s how we rebuild public trust.”
He attributed the public’s lack of trust in vaccines to “misinformation and absolutism” during the Covid-19 pandemic. Makary’s political profile grew during the pandemic when he criticized vaccine mandates and boosters.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:fpwat6yypl7sjbke3orwth7f/bafkreihytwpohpiogvxofvji6wponaxzcoxl7e5z2hie3vimhw5w24vqhu@jpeg)
Luke LeBrun@lukelebrun.ca
I am starting to wonder if it could be possible Pierre Poilievre did not, in fact, bring home that female vote?
sciencebasedmedicine.org
Goodbye to the Novavax Vaccine? Our Flailing Medical Establishment Rejects Medical Freedom and Refuses to Fund Gold-Standard Science.
Our current Medical Establishment doesn't seem to grasp that they are no longer just Fox News and Twitter celebrities who can comment from the sidelines as if they were passive observers.
