This article was written in 2006. One of the authors was Donald Henderson, the physician who headed up the WHO project that eradicated smallpox. He died four years ago. In addition: From 1977 to 1990, [Henderson] was Dean of the … Continue reading →
Polls indicate that Americans are very poorly informed about COVID facts. That doesn’t surprise me, and I don’t think it should surprise anyone. A lot of people have trouble with complex scientific information, especially if there’s math involved. It doesn’t … Continue reading →
Quietly, quietly: This past week Minnesota became the second state to reject regulations that effectively ban the controversial drug hydroxychloroquine for use by COVID-19 patients. The decision, which comes two weeks after the Ohio Board of Pharmacy reversed an effective … Continue reading →
Here’s a comprehensive article on the subject. I think it’s especially good in its critique of the claim that randomized control trials are the best and only valid standard for medical research, particularly with a disease such as COVID. An … Continue reading →
Outside. Yes, he’s proposing mandatory mask-wearing outside. The story: “Every single American should be wearing a mask when they’re outside for the next three months, at a minimum. Every governor should mandate — every governor should mandate mandatory mask wearing,” … Continue reading →
This is typical: According to [Dr. Bhattacharya’s] assessment, a vaccine is an open-ended question. None of the other coronaviruses that infect humans have one and there is no guarantee this one will. Technically true but also somewhat misleading. Because COVID … Continue reading →
Here’s another convincing defense of the use of hydroxychloroquine for the treatment of early COVID. It’s also an indictment of those who’ve been saying the opposite: To a media unrelentingly hostile to Donald Trump, this meant that the president could … Continue reading →
A study says they are experiencing more cognitive decline than previous generations. I can well imagine that it’s true. I think earlier generations were tougher, and the weak were winnowed out earlier. Plus, who knows what all that Boomer turning … Continue reading →
Dr. Simone Gold, a long-time and previously-respected emergency room physician, has been fired for expressing the non-approved view of the drug hydroxychloroquine: Dr. Simone, 54, graduated from Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine Science, The Chicago Medical School in 1989. She … Continue reading →
Yes, Father Damien: “Even when we select figures to tell the stories of colonized places, it is the colonizers and settlers whose stories are told – and virtually no one else. Check out Hawaii’s statues,” Ocasio-Cortez wrote. “It’s not Queen … Continue reading →
Why not full hazmat suits? Wouldn’t that protect us even more?: During a live chat with the American Federation of Teachers Tuesday night, Fauci said “eyes are also vulnerable, so if you can have goggles of some sort that can … Continue reading →
More sad news: Herman Cain — the maverick American business czar and Republican presidential candidate who campaigned for a sweeping tax reform plan called 9-9-9 — died Thursday morning after a monthlong battle with the coronavirus. He was 74. Cain, … Continue reading →