When Ontario government models project how many lives lockdowns can save, they don’t count how many lives those lockdowns take, let alone the misery and the economic costs they inflict.
Category Archives: Healthcare
Don’t count on a coronavirus vaccine any time soon
It would be foolhardy to base public policy decisions on the unrealistic prospect of a quick-fix vaccine.
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The lockdown should be for the old and vulnerable, no one else
Such an approach would inflect relatively little harm to the economy or to the financial security so important to our sense of well-being.
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Britain’s novel approach to coronavirus: Will herd immunity work?
The debate being played out in Britain is unique; virologists in no other country, certainly not Canada, have brought this issue out in the open.
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Medical research is too important to leave to the politicians
The politicization of research funding is pervasive and paramount in decision-making.
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The EpiPen scandal is just a symptom of America’s unexplained allergy epidemic
Governments have vast financial interests that skew their medical research.
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Junk Science Week: Robert De Niro gets Vaxxed
A documentary on the mother of all medical controversies.
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Scientists are often bought
Governments pay scientists to produce results that suit their public policy agendas; corporations must then commission defensive studies.
Junk Science 2015: Public health’s scary century
Public health advocates have transformed society in their zeal to promote the greater good. Continue reading Junk Science 2015: Public health’s scary century
Why doctors aren’t shocked that mumps have hit the NHL
Mumps outbreaks occur continually, most of them small and unreported. They’re attracting attention today only because NHL players are involved. And they’re certain to attract attention in future.
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