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Law: Prayer is no substitute for medical care

December 5, 2023August 6, 2020 by Dave
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The supreme court in Alaska has confirmed that a caregiver can’t refuse proper medical care for somebody else and replace medicine with prayer

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Science Journal Retracts Rat Penis Enlargement Paper for Promoting Homeopathy

April 15, 2024July 17, 2020 by Dave
Science Journal Retracts Rat Penis Enlargement Paper for Promoting Homeopathy

Science Journal Retracts Rat Penis Enlargement Paper for Promoting Homeopathy. Researchers had hidden the fact that it was Homeopathy.

Categories Health, Homeopathy, Humor, Medicine, science, Skepticism, study Tags enlargement, homeopathy, Impaza, penis, Retraction Leave a comment

Hostility to Face Masks – Lessons From 1918

December 23, 2023July 15, 2020 by Dave
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During the 1918 flu crises face masks were deployed and then resisted by some who refused to comply. What lessons can we learn from that?

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Survey: Nearly one in six Britons would refuse Covid-19 vaccine

May 21, 2022July 8, 2020 by Dave
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The anti-vaccine movement is already rejecting a COVID-19 vaccine that does not exist. Is attacking social media the best response for this?

Categories consumer, Health, media, Medicine, poll, Skepticism, society Tags CCDH, COVID-19, social media, vaccine Leave a comment

Why do people share COVID-19 Misinformation?

December 23, 2023July 3, 2020 by Dave
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Is there anything we can do to prevent people from sharing misinformation about COVID-19? New study reveals that there is indeed a solution.

Categories consumer, Critical Thinking, Fake News, media, Medicine, psychology, science, Skepticism, society, study Tags COVID-19, fake news Leave a comment

COVID-19 : The Dexamethasone saga

July 9, 2020June 18, 2020 by Dave

The steroid Dexamethasone has been hailed as a new wonder drug for tackling COVID-19. Things are not quite as presented to us.

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