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bad doctors, mad scientists, & evil big pharma

May 22, 2009 | Alison | critical thinking
bad doctors, mad scientists, & evil big pharma

At least, that’s how those working in medicine/health were characterised in a letter to one of our local papers. The writer seems to see the whole vaccines/pandemic warnings issue as a conspiracy to drive up profits for doctors, scientists, & pharmaceutical companies. Personally I always thought doctors & health researchers were in the business of helping […]

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let’s clarify something here

April 13, 2009 | Alison | critical thinking, nature of science
let’s clarify something here

You see some interesting things in the ‘letters’ pages of our local newspapers. A little while ago it was the suggestion that ‘stabilised liquid oxygen’ was the cure for all ills. This week: a statement that the recently-introduced Gardasil vaccine contains rat poison & aluminium, and that it’s caused 29 deaths and 10,000+ adverse reactions. […]

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applying evolutionary theory in the lab

March 12, 2009 | Alison | evolution, genetics, nature of science, scholarship biology
applying evolutionary theory in the lab

From time to time, someone will make the comment that evolution is totally irrelevant to everyday life in general, & to medicine in particular. Today ERV’s got a post detailing just how evolutionary theory has been & is being applied by medical researchers working on development of an HIV vaccine. Great stuff!

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