The Swedish Skeptics' annual awards for 2010 were just announced.
Ãsa Vilbäck, MD, receives the Enlightener of the Year award,
"... who has described diseases and treatments in an unbiased and informative manner on her TV show Dr. Ãsa on Swedish state television. By upholding a good popular science standard on her show, Ãsa Vilbäck has emphasised clearly the importance of evidence-based medicine. She has also warned viewers of dangerous alternative medical methods."
Enlightener Vilbäck receives a cash prize of SEK 25 000 ($3700, â¬2800).
The Stockholm Initiative lobby group receives the Obscurantist of the Year anti-award, as it
"... mainly works to deny the state of scientific knowledge in climate science, promote home-made and often contradictory theories about how climate 'actually' works, disseminate conspiracy theories and relay unsubstantiated rumours and unfounded accusations against climate scientists."
See Sundsvalls Tidning, Nerikes Allehanda, Norran, Dagens Medicin. I will add links to more coverage as I find them.
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