all , commentary

The indirect funding of promoting products, politics, and propaganda against public health.

2024-09-06

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

2024-09-06

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Hyping for Godot.

2024-08-20

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Penalties possibly coming for fake reviews for products pushed on social media. 

2024-08-17

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I stay far away from any avoidable UV lights.

2024-08-07

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Doctors are humans who have biases and need guardrails. 

2024-08-06

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Information alone is not enough. The levers of power don’t work themselves.

2024-08-05

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Nobody is immune to misinformation. 

2024-08-04

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Peter Thiel wanted Trump to appoint this weird anti-FDA tycoon to lead the FDA

2024-08-04

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The problem of busy work activism.

2024-07-30

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Alex Jones is traumatizing his audience with a disturbing wildlife video he compares to hospitals and vaccines.

2024-07-13

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Jessica Misfire

2024-07-09

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Who initiated and presided over this Pentagon anti-vax scheme?

2024-07-03

all , commentary , podcast

They’re prepping for “weeding out” potential “resistance” to Trump from the civil service.

2024-07-02

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Any mask is better than none, but there are vendors promoting dubious quality masks and counterfeits.

2024-07-01

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Alex Jones compared vaccinated people to dead cows. 

2024-07-01

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Why is it the contrarians and the nonsense that seems to get published so much?

2024-06-28

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Public comment to CDC ACIP meeting.

2024-06-27

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Thanks to those using podcast paid membership shoutouts to spread public health messaging.

2024-06-27

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Conflation of social media with free speech is disingenuous & inaccurate.

2024-06-26

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Legitimate fundraising shouldn’t involve guilt-trips or high pressure sales tactics.

2024-06-26

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Don’t insert ads disguised as testimonial into any conversations anywhere!

2024-06-26

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Elite panic style: Only the status quo matters in a changing world. They will sacrifice the restaurants to try to force the olden days.

2024-06-22

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“Early Treatment” is a right-wing buzzword

2024-06-13

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Some will “say anything” when it comes to diseases misinformation.

2024-05-31

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Are they really planning an anti-vax military retiree interahamwe in America?

2024-05-28

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Healthcare misinformation is a big problem, but we’re probably not going to solve this on social media alone.

2024-05-28

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Posting and reposting sick burns that look like endorsements on social media.

2024-05-17

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The pandemic era is now, and mask bans are unethical.

2024-05-17

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Conservative pundit influencer Dave Rubin incites fear and possible aggression toward people who wear respirator masks.

2024-05-16

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Let’s not pretend that depressing voter turnout isn’t sabotage.

2024-05-14

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FDA VRBPAC covid vaccine public comment, date extended

2024-05-11

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Vaughn, what team is he actually on?

2024-05-08

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Bassist leaves The Pixies under cloud of gossip about supporting an anti-vax covid denier who attended Jan. 6th.

2024-05-07

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On Seeking Vacation Absolution.

2024-05-06

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I don’t trust my safety to science hype in the pop culture press.

2024-04-28

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The campaign against child vaccination and in favour of widespread infection with contagious diseases is the same project. 

2024-04-24

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Normalize asking people if they’re being paid to promote products and services!

2024-04-20

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Many references to “climate engineering” are actually a part of climate denial & disinfo narratives.

2024-04-19

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Lefty zine promoting right-wing pseudoscience protocols of an expensive concierge clinic?

2024-04-10

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The need to slow down, review, and engage critical thinking when making purchases or investments.

2024-04-10

all , commentary , essays , mail

Antiviral Injustice

2024-04-08

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What definitions of “extremist” are being used?

2024-04-06

all

The shadowbanning of the pandemic.

2024-04-05

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Sammy4723, anonymous pandemic influencer sock puppet account.

2024-04-04

all , commentary , essays , scrapbook

It’s Dark Sky Week & there’s a light pollution debacle in Scranton Pennsylvania.

2024-04-02

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Imagine if your doctor withheld cancer treatment because your employer needs you on the job for the next few months.

2024-04-02

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Covid denial, the musical

2024-04-01

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Untrustworthy wellness influencer.

2024-03-30

all , commentary , essays , mail

How about let’s take the temperature down on the rhetoric?

2024-03-29

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Anti-mask was always a dark money campaign.

2024-03-28

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Anti-vax & health misinfo is just part of right-wing orthodoxy now.

2024-03-26

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The Shadowbanning of Nicolas Smit

2024-03-26

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Jeffrey Tucker, covid contrarian and right-wing propagandist

2024-03-23

all , commentary , scrapbook

Sabotage works best when it looks like incompetence.

2024-03-19

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The Economy First Model.

2024-03-12

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Bob Casey of Pennsylvania, chair of the Aging Committee in the US Senate, supports Medicare DisAdvantage?!

HEALTH CARE un-covered As Medicare Advantage’s shortcomings echo in the press, key legislators still […]

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The CDC, Media and PR: a public health disinformation campaign.

2024-03-04

all , commentary

FDA shouldn’t have Purdue and the Sacklers involved in Opioid Abuse Surveillance

2024-03-01

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Scammers and Human Trafficking

2024-02-23

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MedPage Today publishes business PR consultant written op-ed arguing for lax infection control for covid (and other diseases)

2024-02-20

all , commentary , essays

Fraudulent Appeal to Authority. The tactic of citing sources that don’t actually back up a claim.

2024-02-09

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New York Times Op-ed details the signs of anti-vax propaganda like an astronomer showing evidence of a black hole that cannot be seen directly. 

2024-02-07

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Project 2025: Righties ready to roll. (Heads up, yes it’s real & you might not like it.)

2024-02-02

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Red Flags for Disruption

2024-01-19

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Yes, Paxlovid is recommended for covid and the science says it works pretty well.

2024-01-16

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Corporation’s pitches land daily in the inboxes of YOUR elected representatives

2024-01-15

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CDC made medical guidelines please Delta Airlines, and now lots of people work sick and contagious in every industry

2024-01-10

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Manufacturing doubt on the physical harms of alcohol with a tepid promotion of one month off for “psychological” reasons.

2024-01-04

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Don’t miss the message because social media incentivizes us to prioritize rage over action and change.

2024-01-03

all , art , commentary , scrapbook

Mere Exposure Effect

2024-01-01

all , scrapbook

Pandemic memes 2023

2023-12-31

all , commentary , essays , scrapbook

Christmas movie propaganda, job creator myths, and “sides” in perpendicular axis

2023-12-25

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“Chronic absenteeism” is a failure of public health.

2023-12-02

all , commentary

My public comment to HHS on: Discrimination on the Basis of Disability in Health and Human Service Programs or Activities

2023-11-11

all , commentary

False hope in “60 Minutes” covering the indoor air quality issue.

2023-11-04

all , commentary

Jessica Whatever Validates Your DoomScroll

2023-10-29

all , commentary , essays

They may hate you, but they love each other.

2023-10-27

all , podcast

Influencers and Direct Marketing

2023-10-21

all , commentary

Too much money incentivizes shmoozing.

2023-10-14

all , commentary , scrapbook

A broken clock is wrong most of the day.

2023-10-07

all , commentary , podcast

Troll Farms, Sock Puppets, and Botnets – The Internet of Fakes

2023-10-07

all , commentary , podcast

Accusation in a Mirror

2023-09-22

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Anyone telling me to shut up and do nothing is not an ally.

2023-09-15

all , commentary , essays , scrapbook

The Internet of Fakes — PR Tactics, Troll Farms, Sock Puppets, Botnets, Influencers, Operatives, & Chaos Agents

2023-09-14

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Manufacturing MILD

2023-08-05

all , commentary , scrapbook

People should not take medical advice from economists.

2023-07-31

all , essays

Elite Panic.

2023-07-13

all , commentary , scrapbook

Nobody in charge learned anything, I learned who people really are

2023-07-10

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Jessica Where There’s Smoke, and Mirrors

2023-06-28

all , commentary , scrapbook

The Wrong Impact Research

2023-06-25

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Privilege, pseudoscience, and toxic positivity

2023-06-12

all , commentary , outdoors , scrapbook

The push against public health is all part of the same problem: profiteering on a wrecked living environment.

2023-06-12

all , commentary , essays

Ally, role model, or celebrity influencer? For Thee But Not For Me is not public health.

2023-06-01

all , essays , scrapbook

Cats in Wonderland – the Uncanny Valley of lying AIs

2023-05-29

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Chloe’s Public comment submitted to the ACIP June 21-23 meeting_05.05.2023

2024-05-05

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The CDC discourages testing, because of course, they always have

2023-05-01

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Deplatforming is not silencing. Voila: the evidence.

2023-04-29

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Erica Shenoy can “read my lips” — I don’t want to risk my health & family to see her face unmasked in person

2023-04-24

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The PR industry works for people with a LOT of money. Billionaires, industries and corporations.

2023-04-23

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Safety for me, but not for thee: CHOP’s Dr. David Rubin

2023-04-22

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And Voila, An Anti-Mask Twitter Rando

2023-04-07

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Socialism for me but not for thee. The Elite Panic of Star Trek’s Prime Directive.

2023-04-01

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Zients vs. everyone left of the John Birch Society

2023-03-20

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Seek protection from noise and spiraling gloom

2023-02-16

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Anti-vaxxers attempt to co-opt disabled community social justice language for anti-vax purposes.

2023-02-06

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Long Covid Community under siege by info-laundering anti-vax campaigns

2023-02-06

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Incoherent natural immunity claims at FDA meeting on vaccines

2023-01-26

all , commentary , essays , mail , scrapbook

Writing Letters to Elected Representatives, a guide

2023-01-24

all , commentary

Jessica Burn Notice

2023-01-22

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Moral Sabotage & Community Care Disengaged

2022-12-30

all , essays

The Economy demands full participation, herd debt paid on an altar of lies

2022-12-23

all , commentary , essays

Disinformation and abnormal influence is big money on social media

2022-12-18

all , essays , scrapbook

Forcing Normal in the Roaring 2020s

2022-12-13

all , essays

The risky shift – you’re not imagining it

2022-11-22

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It was never really about the masks.

2022-10-17

all , commentary , essays

Repeat the truth, don’t lead with a lie

2022-10-14

all , commentary , essays

APHA: portal to a public health bizarro world hellscape

2022-08-20

all , art , scrapbook

Mere Exposure Effect, leads to Exposure

2022-07-30

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Alarm is appropriate, the volcano is erupting

2022-07-06

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Pandemic Political Abuse of Psychiatry

2022-05-09

all , commentary

Corning Glass Secret Agency of International Super Spies

2005-10-23

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Warning: Cell phones contain Pavlov’s Bells!

2004-12-05