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Tag Archives: peer-reviewed studies
Debunking 30 bad arguments about COVID/vaccines
The COVID era has been a golden age of misinformation. It has seen the development of innumerable false claims and shoddy arguments, and it has breathed new life into ancient anti-vaccine tropes. Indeed, I find it impossible to make any … Continue reading
Posted in Vaccines/Alternative Medicine
Tagged anti vaccine arguments, Bad arguments, covid, peer-reviewed studies, Safety, Vaccines
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What does “statistically significant” mean?
Lately, social media has been flooded with people sharing studies about various aspects of COVID. This is potentially great. I’m all for people being more engaged with science. Unfortunately, many people lack a good foundation for understanding science, and a … Continue reading
Posted in Nature of Science
Tagged evaluating evidence, peer-reviewed studies, statistics
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The overwhelming consensus on climate change
The climate is changing, and we are the primary cause. These are simple facts that are supported by a vast body of evidence and agreed upon by virtually allcr experts. Nevertheless, many people continue to think that the science isn’t … Continue reading
More anti-vaccine cherry-picking: A rebuttal to, “Should you be afraid that measles can give you immune amnesia?”
Earlier this week, I wrote a post about measles-induced “immune amnesia” and the growing body of evidence supporting it. Afterwards, I was directed to an anti-vaccine “rebuttal” to this evidence (not to my post specifically) which has been making its … Continue reading
Measles infections weaken your immune system and increase your risk of other diseases. Vaccines prevent this
Two of the most persistent anti-vaccine tropes are that unvaccinated children are healthier than vaccinated children and that “natural” immunity is better than “artificial” immunity. There has never been any evidence to support these claims, and plenty of evidence that … Continue reading
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