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We Love mRNA. Let’s Use It For The Flu Vaccine Too
The last year has been a story of triumph in the vaccine world, with the rapid development of two highly successful vaccines for Covid-19. Let’s use this same technology to beat the flu.
Ivermectin Still Doesn’t Work For Covid-19
Who knew that Tucker Carlson, ivermectin’s most high-profile promoter, was such a fan of science from Iran, Iraq, and Egypt? Turns out that science was all wrong, and better studies show that ivermectin is worthless.
Leave The Bats Alone: It’s Long Past Time To Halt Gain-Of-Function Research On Deadly Viruses
Before Covid, gain-of-function scientists boasted about their ability to create pandemic-type viruses in the lab. It’s time to put a permanent halt to their work.
Of Course We Should All Get Boosters
Whatever the FDA recommends this week, we already have enough evidence to know that vaccine boosters almost certainly work. The only real argument is over the vaccine supply.
Of Course We Should All Get Boosters
Whatever the FDA recommends this week, we already have enough evidence to know that vaccine boosters almost certainly work. The only real argument is over the vaccine supply.
No, Ivermectin Cannot Treat Covid-19
The latest flood of misinformation about Covid-19 treatments surrounds ivermectin, an anti-parasitic drug that some people thinks can treat or prevent the virus. Spoiler alert: it can’t.
FDA: Approve The Covid-19 Vaccines. Now.
The FDA needs to approve the mRNA vaccines immediately. Only a blind adherence to bureaucracy is getting in the way.
No, We Don’t Need To Talk About The AstraZeneca Vaccine.
A story in The Atlantic caught my eye this week. It’s scientifically sound, but it may inadvertently feed anti-vaccine fears.
European Pause For AstraZeneca Vaccine Plays Right Into Anti-Vaxxers’ Hands
Last week, more than a dozen European countries suspended the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine, only to re-start it a few days later. The pause feeds the anti-vax movement’s damaging propaganda.
We’ve Crushed The Flu This Year
As awful as the Covid-19 pandemic is, it’s given us at least one benefit: we’ve utterly crushed the flu virus.
