Anti-vaxxers show how a precious vaccine adverse event reporting database can be used to scare the public. https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/covid-19-critical-thinking-health/dont-fall-vaers-scare-tactic
Category: Writings
Written articles and blog posts
Blog – Réflexologie: mauvaises études et allégations farfelues
Les réflexologues brandissent des études de mauvaise qualité pour justifier leurs allégations fantaisistes. En réalité, rien ne prouve que leur pratique a plus d’effets qu’un
Blog – The Emerging Science of Careful Whispers
ASMR videos give certain people relaxing tingles. Some scientists want to know why. https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/health-technology-general-science/emerging-science-careful-whispers
Blog – Finding a Paper on PubMed Does Not Mean the Paper Is Any Good
The “Google search engine of the life sciences” can query over 32 million scientific publications. Not all of them pass the sniff test. https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/critical-thinking-health-and-nutrition-general-science/finding-paper-pubmed-does-not-mean-paper-any-good
Blog – The Upside-Down Doctor
Joe Mercola is a doctor at war with medicine. His take on the pandemic is a lucrative, conspiratorial fever dream. https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/covid-19-health-pseudoscience/upside-down-doctor
Blog – What to Expect from a COVID-19 Vaccine When You’re Expecting or Breastfeeding
When pregnancy or breastfeeding bumps up against COVID-19 vaccines, evidence is lacking but guidance is needed. https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/covid-19-health/what-expect-covid-19-vaccine-when-youre-expecting-or-breastfeeding
