#vaccination


# health    

we may be over covid, but covid isn't done with us

As parts of the world attempt to return to their pre-COVID normal, millions of people are anxious about declaring the pandemic over. They're right.
we may be over covid, but covid isn't done with us

# health    

in one ear and out the other: are views on vaccination really immune to influence?

Researchers tried to test whether debates about vaccination lead to more extreme polarization and found a complete shutdown of all debate. But is their study critically flawed?
in one ear and out the other: are views on vaccination really immune to influence?

# health    

that depends on your definition of informed…

Anti-vaxers are vehemently opposed to a bill that would require doctors to explain how vaccines work on the basis that it would require them to leave their echo chambers and might sway parents on the fence to vaccinate.
that depends on your definition of informed…

# health    

when you don't have anything nice to say…

We're told to be civil and careful when addressing anti-vaccines activists. But the anti-vaxxers seldom share the same view of dealing with experts and critics.
when you don't have anything nice to say…

# health    

statistics, vaccines, and viral evolution

Researchers recommend a flu shot even in years when it's not very effective. Why? Because it slows the spread of the virus.
statistics, vaccines, and viral evolution

# health    

does alt med equal fewer vaccinations?

Researchers find more evidence that alternative medicine practitioners are a public health menace.
does alt med equal fewer vaccinations?

a wink, a smile and a quack…

"Sure she's a public health menace, and sure she's an ignoramus. But isn't she so pretty and outspoken?"
a wink, a smile and a quack…

# oddities    

well, that didn't take long…

The conspiracy web is already gripped with panic and paranoia about a nonexistent swine flu vaccine.
well, that didn't take long…