I was invited by Yulia Mikhailova to deliver a Guest Lecture to the New Mexico Technical Institute on Wednesday February 2. The talk began and appeared to be going smoothly, when halfway through the Zoom room was hacked with the hackers saying and writing a lot divisive and hateful things. A later post will say more. The talk has been re-recorded and hopefully a recorded Q and … [Read more...] about Who’s Afraid of Science?
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The Evidence that Counts for Us
This post follows last weeks The Evidence that Counts for FDA. The image of dog or bear in a burning house with an untested fire extinguisher is one that many medical managers have used when referring to the Covid crisis and vaccines - the vaccines may not be perfect but we are in a burning house and even if untested they are better than nothing. Thanks to the College of … [Read more...] about The Evidence that Counts for Us
The Evidence that Counts for FDA
This is part one of a two part post. The image is from the opening sequence of Raiders of the Lost Arc and shows Indiana Jones being chased by angry natives with the shakiest of means of escape - like trying to escape in a Ford Pinto which risked bursting into flames. A Fireser 747 Max 8 might have been more up to date option. Part two next week. When vaccines and drugs … [Read more...] about The Evidence that Counts for FDA
I Am the Alpha and the Omicron
The one good thing about the Pandemic is that its given rise to some good cartoons - more on the side of the Resistance I think but am open to being persuaded if anyone wants to send me Clever Cartoons from the Empire's side. I hope this post doesn't offend anyone's sensibilities - it should be read as an amusement. The next section is most of an article that appeared in … [Read more...] about I Am the Alpha and the Omicron
Invalidating Indigenous Immunity
Rock, Stone, Crack - Disappear was supposed to be the last post of 2021. But this post forced itself forward, partly triggered by Marc Casañas, who with Alex Oncina translated El Naufragio - see Chronicle of a Tyranny Foretold. May We Never Forget One of the stories of 2021 in the English speaking world was the discovery of over a thousand unmarked graves linked to several … [Read more...] about Invalidating Indigenous Immunity
Rock, Stone, Crack – Disappear
The end of the year is a time to turn to more 'spiritual' or reflective themes. This year two contrasting spiritualities, featured in previous end of year posts, have been headline news. Rock-etman One set of posts has looked at Salvation through Technology. Religion, Technology and Management. 'Tis the Season to Rebel. In 2021, we have seen a flowering of these … [Read more...] about Rock, Stone, Crack – Disappear
Where Does the Misinformation Come From?
This key post in the Politics of Care series stems from an invite from Norman Fenton to give a lecture on December 6 to a group interested in the evidence swirling around vaccines. It is accompanied by The Handmaid's Vaccine on RxISK, which gives a video of the talk, whose text and slides are below. The sound effects in the video are slightly mixed at one or two point and you … [Read more...] about Where Does the Misinformation Come From?
The Eclipse of Health Care
This post has a partner - There was a Young Woman who Swallowed a Lie. It also needs to be read with its Health Warning. A Full Eclipse of Care In the early 1980s, the pharmaceutical industry outsourced the running of its randomized clinical trials (RCTs) to Contract Research Organizations (CROs) and the writing up of RCT results to medical writing companies. With this, … [Read more...] about The Eclipse of Health Care
Health Warning
This is a warning about two linked posts - with two more next week. The Eclipse of Health Care features on dhblog.wpengine.com. It has a partner There was a Young Woman who Swallowed a Lie on RxISK.org These were combined in one document - Mandating Unproven Technologies, which along with a set of appendices was sent to Dr Chaand Nagpaul, the Chair of the British Medical … [Read more...] about Health Warning
New England Journal of Misinformation
(See update at end of article). Bri Dressen was a key figure behind the Washington DC November 2 event reported in Mandated Harms, Her testimony at this meeting features Here and Here. She followed up this testimony by writing to the New England Journal of Medicine which until recently was viewed as one of the most prestigious medical journals in the world - Americans … [Read more...] about New England Journal of Misinformation