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Influenza, Epidemics, and Science « Philip Alcabes
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Join our mailing list. Challenging Myths of Health, Behavior, and Risk. Philip Alcabes discusses myths of health, disease and risk. Influenza, Epidemics, and Science. Back in March, thinking about the controversy over Gain of Function. GOF) research on influenza viruses, I suggested that the debate isn’t really about science, nor. Don’t be misled by assertions that the debate over GOF research is about public health, or ethics. It’s about the usual: political power and profit making. I’m trying to ...
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Civility « Philip Alcabes
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Join our mailing list. Challenging Myths of Health, Behavior, and Risk. Philip Alcabes discusses myths of health, disease and risk. Yesterday there was a carjacking at gunpoint across the street from my house. By all accounts (I wasn’t home at the time), a livery-cab driver, parked at the curb, was eating his supper when a man rode up on a bike, pointed a gun, forced the driver out of his car, and drove the car away. Seems bizarre and macabre. The insistence by the main news media on covering firearm inc...
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CDC, Measles, and Propaganda « Philip Alcabes
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Join our mailing list. Challenging Myths of Health, Behavior, and Risk. Philip Alcabes discusses myths of health, disease and risk. CDC, Measles, and Propaganda. This week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention invokes measles to make you feel guilty and frightened. The agency announced on Thursday. You might wonder. At a time when nearly 50 million Americans. Can’t get medical care because they don’t have insurance, and about 30 million will continue to lack health insurance. This is not true, ...
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