Public Health: How to lie by cherry picking
This summer is seeing a banner crop of cherries since so many are out cherry picking!
Public health: 5 volunteers infected with Covid but only 2 got sick
Directly infected with the Covid virus, but only 2 actually ended up with Covid. What does that mean?
Health care: Heart attack deaths decline, survivability increases
Decreases due primarily to end of smoking (30%), use of statins (25%), BP management (25%), 6-19% to ban on transfats, plus better treatment. Diet is a tiny factor.
Health: High dose rosuvastatin or atorvastatin recommended for heart risk
Says many should be on high dosage statins. But what about people who can't take these drugs?
Media: When they start citing Reddit posts, their “reliability” vanishes
It is proposed to ban fluoride added to public water. Only about 5% of the world has fluoride added to water; a tiny sliver has naturually occurring fluoride in their…
Public health: Incidence of measles, and fatality rate, over time
The fatality rate of measles fell sharply before the vaccine was available.
Nutrition: Guidance has been a mess since 1980
For a quarter of century (or more), nutrition experts told us to avoid fat-and consume more carbs, leading to obesity, diabetes and heart disease.
Nutrition: AI weighs in on the change in dietary advice
ChatGPT, like GrokAI, confirms that the official nutrition advice of the 1980s and 1990s was wrong and probably bad for hour health.
July 2025: Masks required for all attendees
The Socialism Conference 2025 in July of 2025 mandates face masks at all times indoors, and recommends their use outdoors.
Media: Just when you thought it ok to go outside, here come The Variants!
The Variants sounds like a good name for a rock band, but no, the media is back with Covid "variant" fears.