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Bad science Medicine Politics

Oops, he did it again! John Ioannidis cries “Bias!” on COVID

Ioannidis: Oops, I did it again.
Britney wants her lyrics back, Dr. Ioannidis.

My former science idol John Ioannidis, along with Kasper Kepp, has published a paper citing a Delphi consensus statement on COVID-19 as evidence that the scientific community is “biased” against his anti-“lockdown” pro-virus views. His descent continues apace.

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Antivaccine nonsense Medicine Pseudoscience

Cureus shockingly does the right thing and retracts an antivax review about COVID-19 vaccines

Cureus retracts
The soon-to-be-retracted Cureus antivax article.

A misinformation-laden review article in Cureus by prominent antivax activists that called for a moratorium on COVID vaccination has been retracted. What took so long, and how could such a paper been published in the peer-reviewed literature in the first place?

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Complementary and alternative medicine Medicine Pseudoscience Quackery Science Skepticism/critical thinking

In the pages of Nature, a full-throated defense of “integrating” quackery into medicine

Reiki: Yes, they really claim this is what goes on in a reiki session, with energy from the "Universal Source" being channeled into the patient, magic-like, kind of like the Force. The difference is that in the Star Wars fictional universe the Force works.

Oh, no, Nature. Not you. Not again. It wasn’t enough that you were busted shilling for traditional Chinese medicine with a big, glossy advertising supplement a few years ago. I thought you had learned your lesson after that, as you didn’t do it again. Maybe I was wrong. Granted, your offense this time is not […]