Germophobia Therapy: Hand Sanitizer Edition
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With or without triclosan, hand sanitizers might be only slightly better than nothing, not just for respiratory viruses, but also for gastrointestinal viruses, which... Read more.
The Evolution of Thin Skin
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Many universities have abandoned their mission of truth-seeking in favor of promoting social justice and all its quasi-religious trappings. This new mission has... Read more.
Fifteen Great Books for Summer Reading
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So you’re going to the beach this summer, but have already finished the light and airy Fear of a Microbial Planet (why haven’t you left a review, by the way?),... Read more.
Fall of the Experts
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The pandemic opened the curtain to expose the folly of expert worship. Experts are just as fallible and prone to biases, toxic groupthink and political influence... Read more.
A Short History of Long Covid
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Another strange post-COVID symptom—dubbed COVID toes—gained notoriety when NFL quarterback Aaron Rodgers joked about his broken toe being a result of his recent... Read more.
John Snow vs. “The Science”
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Treatment of cholera nowadays is pretty simple, requiring antibiotics and intravenous electrolyte-balanced fluids until the patient stabilizes and the infection... Read more.
Society at Peak Shared Misery
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If a permanent government employee broke a regulation, they could not be fired. There was no real way to punish them. But what could be done was make a new regulation... Read more.
Questions for a Congressional Inquiry
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Members of the U.S. Congress are conducting such an inquiry, and their efforts require the help of physicians, scientists and public health policy experts to identify... Read more.
Cultural Differences Between Scandinavia and the US Could Account for Pandemic Approaches
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They’ve apologized for killing the mink, which is another interesting thing about Denmark, the apologies. Which I love, even though it’s a little bitter, because... Read more.
It Was Politics that Drove the Science
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Politically driven science at the CDC and other government health agencies was not limited to mask studies. Risks of severe or long COVID and benefits of COVID vaccines... Read more.
There Was No Pandemic Mastermind
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All one had to do was believe the illusion. Because of the absolute terror of the unknown and complete ignorance of the risks of severe disease and death, most people... Read more.
A Sociology of Fear
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Steve Templeton talks with sociologist Dr. Frank Furedi, author of How Fear Works: Culture of Fear in the 21st Century, about the continuity of the culture of fear... Read more.