Margulis does it again
Category: AIDS/HIV
Margulis' transition to the Dark Side is complete.
Posted by Tara C. Smith at 9:00 AM • 41 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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Tara C. Smith is an Assistant Professor of Epidemiology. Her research involves a number of pathogens at the animal-human nexus. She also writes for The Panda's Thumb and previously for WIRED SCIENCE's Correlations. Please note the views expressed on this site are Dr. Smith's alone and may not be representative of the groups mentioned above.
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Skepticism:
Additional thoughts on Bible-flu and the retraction
Category: Academia
PZ has some additional thoughts on the Bibleflugate retraction up at Pharyngula. Choice quote: This is a serious concern, to my mind. Scientists are expected to be open and communicative about their work, explaining all the details about how we...
Posted by Tara C. Smith at 12:46 PM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Biblical flu paper going bye-bye
Category: General Epidemiology
A retraction of a Biblical-based diagnosis
Posted by Tara C. Smith at 5:35 PM • 15 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Biblical fever = influenza. You're kidding me, right?
Category: General Epidemiology
Jesus can cure your flu.
Posted by Tara C. Smith at 8:38 PM • 60 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
The development of a conspiracy theory
Category: Public health
Interesting post today at juggle.com, showing the evolution of a conspiracy theory akin to a game of telephone. Interestingly, it starts with an article in Wired by author (and former Scienceblogger) Johah Lehrer. Lehrer wrote an article on the effects...
Posted by Tara C. Smith at 10:40 AM • 10 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Swine flu and snake oil
Category: General Epidemiology
Never one to miss an opportunity--flush your colon waste and adjust your spine to cure swine flu!
Posted by Tara C. Smith at 11:00 AM • 25 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Vaccines and autism--can we stick a fork in it now, please?
Category: Infectious disease
It gets worse and worse--now it's not only bad studies, but fabricated data. Meanwhile, unvaccinated kids continue to die from measles.
Posted by Tara C. Smith at 6:00 PM • 68 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Jenny McCarthy strikes again
Category: Infectious disease
Just in time for the introduction of Autism's False Prophets by Dr. Paul Offit (the current choice for Scienceblogs' book club), Jenny McCarthy comes out with yet another interview decrying vaccines, blaming autism on the greed of pharmaceutical companies, and...
Posted by Tara C. Smith at 3:00 PM • 18 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Elsewhere...
Category: General Epidemiology
Busy here; good stuff other places to check out.
Posted by Tara C. Smith at 2:40 PM • 6 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Did Yersinia pestis really cause Black Plague? Part 2: Examination of the criticisms
Category: General biology
I discussed yesterday an "alternative" hypothesis for causation of the Black Death and subsequent plague outbreaks. How robust are those claims?
Posted by Tara C. Smith at 8:30 AM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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