This is the stuff I mentioned in the Who is Simon Wessely? thread, where I linked to someone who made a graphic for how the psychobehavioral model...
Viral persistence is probably not very significant in circulating blood. Lots of other viruses are for life, can be found in organs and some...
Most drug trials with a known biological target fail. Without one, the odds are almost zero. This is not a viable way to do anything unless a...
Must be one those lessons most sleep through, I guess. Or I guess it's the usual "yes, some things might change, but not those things". Humans...
Except that brainwashing doesn't work. Militaries have been trying that for millennia and attempts have pretty much stopped because they don't...
They even have perfect blueprints to make this all appear legitimate. Just call it biopsychosocial, use only 'evidence-based' methods, flood the...
Almost none. As in maybe 0.001%. Senate majority means nothing, in the US senate legislation has to pass a 60% threshold and there's basically...
But. You literally just did that. You literally just labeled them common mental disorders, and anxiety or depression. How do they not see how...
Medicine is one of the few scientific disciplines where lab experiments are impossible. Science happens mostly in labs, with repeatable...
Still amazing that Theranos is held up as some big example of major corporate failure hyping a technology that did not exist when so much fake...
It's heavily regulated through professional associations and government and quasi-government institutions, yes. So is access to the title of MD,...
They could have simply provided a poop emoji with the alt text "we do whatever we want" in response. Same thing. This isn't even an explanation....
I find it very appropriate. "Your body my, choice" is a rallying cry following the US election, which all but guaranteed that abortion will soon...
Thoughts? Too harsh? Fair? Seen on Bluesky.
And the main reason: how it's commonly, and bizarrely, called the 'stress' hormone. Same with the damn 'happy' hormone in dopamine, even though it...
Some of what I read I think explicitly said that he doesn't see any importance for infectious diseases here. To him it's all environmental and...
Continued is the key point. It's just going about the same with slightly different means. All style, no substance. Damn I realize I'm a bundle of...
Lots of countries had people like that in charge. Technically speaking. Made zero difference, in the end they all followed the same eugenics...
The lack of access to an equipped lab and years of skills and experience is the main reason why others shouldn't try, but actually people should...
Year 3 is 2022. It was bleak in 2022. It's still bleak in 2024. It was bleak in 2019. And in 2010. And in 2000. And so on. Not much learned other...
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