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Covid-19

The JAMA ‘child mask’ research is fatally flawed – masks don’t cause “dangerous CO2 levels”

Danny Bradley -
The study’s basic methodological errors, and flawed supplemental literature did not stop pundits from using it to scaremonger about masks
Conspiracy Theories

You’re probably not Galileo: scientific advance rarely comes from lone, contrarian outsiders

Matthew Browne, Chris Kavanagh -
The pseudoscience and vaccine scaremongering from Drs Heather Heying and Bret Weinstein illustrates the importance of intellectual humility, especially when operating outside your field of knowledge
Health

Erectile difficulties? The P-Shot injection into your penis is not the solution you’re looking for

Alice Howarth -
The £1,200 P-Shot promises to end erectile dysfunction, but it's better to ditch the needle and instead have an honest, open conversation
Covid-19

How the ‘Lockdown Sceptics’ misquote research in their quest to appear scientific

Danny Bradley -
Even the most robust arguments of the so-called 'Lockdown Sceptics' rely on quoting selectively from the studies they reference
Covid-19

Brazil’s COVID-19 inquiry puts pseudoscience on trial

Natália Pasternak -
The COVID-19 inquiry in Brazil is an opportunity to understand what went wrong and what can be learned - it is one we can't afford to pass up
Chemtrails

From chemtrails to COVID-19, Naomi Wolf’s prolific promotion of pseudoscience

Mark Horne -
Over the years, author Naomi Wolf has spread all manner of misinformation - from misleading statistics to chemtrails and COVID-19 conspiracy theories
Covid-19

Young people in Singapore may be vaccine hesitant, but we’ll get vaccinated to protect others

Mathilda Ng -
Listening to the concerns of risk-averse young Singaporeans can help ease hesitancy about the Covid-19 vaccine, and increase eventual take-up
Covid-19

Making vaccines convenient and accessible helps minimise the impact of vaccine hesitancy

Wendy M. Grossman -
Tackling vaccine hesitancy is less about ‘nudging’ us, and more about removing the barriers to accessing vaccines
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