The popular depiction of antivaxxers as “earthy-crunchy” doesn’t tell the whole story. Anti-vaccine sentiment is strongly associated with conspiracy thinking and protection of individual freedoms,
Category: Writings
Written articles and blog posts
Blog – How Antivirals Create Paper Jams That Stop Viruses in Their Tracks
What do remdesivir, lopinavir and ribavirin have in common? They are antiviral drugs being tested against COVID-19. But the way in which antivirals actually work
Blog – The COVID Science Express: Smoking and Sex Differences
Giving nicotine to healthcare workers and thinking that testicles are the coronavirus’ playground? Just some of the more “out there” hypotheses that have come out
Blog – COVID-5G: How Distrust and Coincidences Empower the Alex Jones in Our Brain
To implicate 5G cell phone signals in COVID-19 requires squaring a circle, something our human brain finds all too easy. https://mcgill.ca/oss/article/covid-19-pseudoscience-technology/how-distrust-and-coincidences-empower-alex-jones-our-brain
Blog – We Are All Mutants and So Is the Coronavirus
Mutations get a bad rap but they are normal, often without consequence, and many of them are simply the typing errors of the natural world.
Blog – Can You Picture This? Some People Can’t
You may be surprised to learn that some people can’t visualize with their mind’s eye. Equally shocking to these people is the fact that most
