Most scientists are not Trump-fans [to put it mildly]; this is a trend that is likely not to be reversed by Trumps recent appointment of the first 13 members to the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST). Historically, it has served as a bridge between the White House and the broader scientific […]

Aaron Siri is an American lawyer and anti‑vaccine activist. He has become a key figure in contemporary US vaccine‑policy debates, largely through his legal challenges and close ties to health‑policy critics such as Robert F. Kennedy Jr. His following five central claims about vaccines are a mix of selective quoting, misrepresentation of studies, and appeal […]

Dr. Dean Patterson, a consultant cardiologist in Guernsey, has been dismissed from his partnership at the Medical Specialist Group (MSG) following his public concerns about potential links between COVID-19 vaccines and myocarditis. Patterson had described as a notable rise in myocarditis. He claimed local figures of 5 cases in 2020 (pre-vaccine rollout), 25 in 2021, […]

Tons of research (mostly surveys) exist on the reasons why some people – between 20 and 60% – use so-called alternative medicine (SCAM). But these people are often the minority, and few of us ask why the majority do NOT employ SCAM. The research that does exist suggests that people decline SCAM for a variety […]

Some papers on so-called alternative medicine (SCAM) are such that I am almost lost for words. Here is the abstract of such an article: Background: Autism Spectrum Disorder is a complex neurodevelopmental condition with characteristic challenges like persistent deficits in social communication, restricted and repetitive behaviors, sensory processing anomalies. Defined by DSM-...