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Dr. Oz has a long history of promoting things that turn out to be dubious.

Dr. Oz is a loser who has no place running an agency in the federal government…

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Nobody is old unless they’re older than N-of-1 Paul Offit.

2024-09-25

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don't wait for everybody - Chloe Humbert

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Don’t wait for the influencers.

Don’t Wait For Everybody – Episode 010

Read More 2024-09-21

What is Case Surveillance? Print Overview Fact Sheet [162 KB, 2 Pages, 508] Case surveillance is foundational to public health practice. It helps us to understand diseases and their spread and determine appropriate actions to control outbreaks. Case surveillance occurs each time public health agencies at the local, state, or national levels collect information about a case or person diagnosed with a disease or condition that poses a serious health threat to Americans. These diseases and conditions include infectious diseases, such as coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19); foodborne outbreaks, such as E.coli; and noninfectious conditions, such as lead poisoning. View or Download Our Materials Infographic PDF [341 KB, 2 Pages, 508] Overview Fact Sheet [162 KB, 2 Pages, 508] Case surveillance starts at local, state, and territorial public health departments. Local laws and regulations specify which diseases and conditions must be reported.

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What does it mean when “cases” of a disease are reported?

2024-09-06

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The image is the deep fried meme of Garfield the cartoon cat’s head and underneath it is the caption You are not immune to propaganda.

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I stay far away from any avoidable UV lights.

2024-08-07

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JAMA on instagram - Image text: Misinformation is a major problem. The spread of misinformation is a concern for US adults across age, gender, education, and partisanship. 86% of adults say the spread of false and inaccurate information generally is a major problem 74% of adults say the spread of false and inaccurate information about health issues is a major problem Percent who think the following are not doing enough or doing about the right amount to limit the spread of health misinformation: Almost 80% think Congress is not doing enough and over 10% think Congress is doing the right amount. Around 70% think the US news media is not doing enough and less than 20% think the US news media is doing the right amount. Over 60% think Social media is not doing enough and around 10% think Social media is doing the right amount. Over 60% think President Biden is not doing enough and 20% think President Biden is doing the right amount.

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Nobody is immune to misinformation.

2024-08-04

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Stigma has always made it easy for people to spread dubious rumours during disease outbreaks.

2024-06-28

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No thanks on the Jeremy Faustian crystal ball, I’ll wait for relevant science results on Paxlovid.

2024-06-10

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Image is a screenshot of a youtube video called Full Measure with Sharyl Attkisson April 7, 2024 — COVID Concerns, the transcript is to the right of the screen and some of the text is highlighted with marker in yellow that says quote “Together, Doctors Vaughn and Kory” and there’s a red marker arrow pointing from their names to two people on the video being interviewed by Attkisson in a room with lights on a boom, and a lamp on an end table lit in the corner. Jordan Vaughn is seated at the left with his hands folded, wearing a sport coat and light color pants and he’s watching Pierre Kory’s face as Kory is speaking. Kory is dressed in a dark black suit jacket with prominent shoulders, and black pants.

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Vaughn, what team is he actually on?

2024-05-08

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the group risky shift. Sometimes a group’s dynamic switches. People start confessing naughty diversion from a core value of the group. It may be about pushing the envelope on the rules, testing boundaries of others in the group, or because they want absolution from their peers on their own change in direction. Or maybe they want someone to pull them back away from the edge. Sometimes people are invited into the group and accepted despite not sharing the original values of the group. teamshuman.substack.com/p/risky-shift-effect

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On Seeking Vacation Absolution.

2024-05-06

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