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The False-Positive Panic over COVID-19
False positives and false negatives remain a very large problem. Our current testing regime has alarmed the planet without contributing a health benefit.
The COVID-19 Panic Shows Us Why Science Needs Skeptics
Every major scientific advance challenged the “settled science” of its day and was often denounced as pernicious and false, even dangerous.
US Trade Is Crippled by the American Government, Not the Chinese
Our government is forever whining about, threatening against, high drug prices. Our pharmaceutical industry is “fighting” the Chinese in this economic “war” with both its hands tied behind its back.
Rohin Francis: Britain, COVID, and Race in Medicine
Dr. Rohin Francis joins Accad and Koka for a wide ranging discussion on racism in medicine, COVID in Britain, and how minority groups have fared in Britain.
Identity Politics Is Hurting Young People—of All Colors
Pointing to a recent Twitter thread from a progressive detailing his white male cisness, Bob shows how narrow the focus is on only particular "privileges" and not others. More generally, the effort to demonize white men is causing young people great harm, whether white or otherwise. The movement is based on power politics and relies on economic ignorance.
The Problem with Government “Contact Tracing”
The government's plan for "contact tracing" to prevent the spread of COVID-19 relies on huge amounts of government spending, plus unproven science as to the nature of the disease.
1918: A Study in How Disease Can Shape Public Policy
Did the hardliners win at Versailles because the Americans were too weak with the flu to object? If so, it would be just one way that disease profoundly affected public policy in the wake of the 1918 flu.
