WSJ Op Ed: No Second Wave
Mike Pence has written a WSJ article that claims no second wave. He is right, no second wave because they kept first one going.
Promoting Science and Critical Thinking
Mike Pence has written a WSJ article that claims no second wave. He is right, no second wave because they kept first one going.
The US Food and Drug Administration has issued a strongly worded warming about a product knowns as “Miracle Mineral Solution” or MMS. Their guidance is simple – “Do not purchase or drink it”. This is the second warning they have issued. Why? It is not simply a scam run by a fraudster, but is a … Read more
Seriously flawed paper claims that clouds are responsible for climate change. What exactly are the probelms witrhin this paper?
Over on Science Based Medicine Steve Novella highlights a bit of radioactive quackery that has popped up. His source is an article from Thailand. There officials have discovered and pulled the plug on a scam that involved selling people an ‘energy card’ that you buy to supposedly … “improve the immune system, strengthen the heart … Read more
A truly daft claim by a crank asserts that anal worms that eat semen causes gay men and lesbians, and that she has a suppository cure.
With a hat-tip to Orac for the term “quackiest quackfest”, we have the news that Gwyneth Paltrow’s Goop brand held the quackiest quackfest of 2018 – the “GOOP Health” conference in New York. Goop is not about bulk-selling pseudoscientific nonsense, instead it is an attempt to cast an aura of credibility by cranking up the prices … Read more