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UK scientists tasked with developing ‘scenarios of early human transmission’ of bird flu have warned that five per cent of infected people could die if the virus took off in…
Remember, if you questioned anything about any vaccine during the past few years, you were a purveyor of disinformation and deserved to be censored: From Monday 20 March 2023 Vaxzevria…
Studies from the Oregon Health and Science University suggest that COVID-19 cases will rise this fall, and we can expect to see a flu season comparable to pre-pandemic years. Source:…
They would hardwire into international law a top-down supranational approach to public health in which the WHO, acting in some cases via the sole discretion of one individual, its Director…
Zeynep Tufekci and Jeremy Howard played a decisive role in shifting CDC guidance and ushering in mask mandates across America. Zeynep’s role in the COVID story goes far deeper than…
In 2020, Nature endorsed Joe Biden in the US presidential election. A survey finds that viewing the endorsement did not change people’s views of the candidates, but caused some to…
It takes a special kind of expert to be wrong more often than a coin flip. Here, the NY Times tells us in Feb 2021 that inflation will remain low…
Am thinking of making this topic a regular feature – but there are not enough days in the year and so many idiots! The original tweet from Harvard Med was…
March 2020 In the spring of 2020, Covid case counts were low in the Czech Republic. A native writer from Czech, now living a dual life in both the US…
Am surprised its only half: Trust in public health has been shattered—half of America has lost faith in the scientific community altogether. Source: W.H.O. Do You Trust? | Opinion