- Follow Thoughtscapism on WordPress.com
-
Join 3,426 other subscribers
Landscapes of thought
agriculture alternative medicine biology biotechnology chemistry climate consensus energy environment epistemology existentialism finance health history linguistics literature medicine meta methods nuclear nutrition organic parenting psychology renewables science science communication society Uncategorized vaccinesTop Posts & Pages
- Measures of Toxicity
- New Study Finds Neonicotinoids May Have Harmful, Beneficial, or No Effects on Bees
- Nuclear Energy Is the Fastest and Lowest-Cost Clean Energy Solution
- Adapting to Happiness
- Risk In Perspective: Hazard and Risk Are Critically Different Things
- GMOs and the Environment
- The Perils of Science Speak
- Bison forests of Białowieża give a glimpse into Europe’s lost past
- Contaminated Concepts about Chernobyl
- The Risks of Failed Risk Assessments On Natural vs Unfamiliar Sources of Energy
Tags
- AAP
- adjuvants
- air pollution
- allergy
- aluminum
- animal welfare
- asthma
- autism
- backfire
- backfire effect
- bees
- bias
- biodiversity
- biodynamic
- cancer
- Chernobyl
- cherry-picking
- children
- CO2
- confirmation bias
- consensus
- conspiracy
- COP23
- Daniel Dennett
- debates
- documentaries
- empathy
- existential anguish
- FAO
- Feynman
- Finnish
- formaldehyde
- Fukushima
- GMO
- greenhouse effect
- herd immunity
- homeopathy
- influenza
- IPCC
- Maslow
- Mercola
- mercury
- MMR
- monoculture
- Monsanto
- Nasa
- nature
- neonicotinoids
- organic
- pesticides
- philosopy
- precautionary principle
- pregnancy
- PubMed
- radiation
- risk
- smallpox
- Socratic method
- sun
- supplements
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- The Woolf
- thimerosal
- thinking
- time
- translation
- UN
- UNCTAD
- USDA
- vaccines
- vitamins
- Wakefield
- WHO
- wilderness
Archives
- October 2022
- November 2021
- October 2021
- April 2021
- March 2021
- February 2021
- December 2019
- November 2019
- October 2019
- June 2019
- May 2019
- April 2019
- December 2018
- September 2018
- August 2018
- July 2018
- June 2018
- May 2018
- April 2018
- March 2018
- February 2018
- January 2018
- December 2017
- November 2017
- October 2017
- September 2017
- July 2017
- June 2017
- April 2017
- March 2017
- February 2017
- November 2016
- October 2016
- September 2016
- August 2016
- July 2016
- May 2016
- April 2016
- March 2016
- October 2015
- September 2015
- July 2015
- June 2015
- May 2015
- April 2015
- March 2015
- February 2015
Category Archives: vaccines
The World Health Organization has a list of: “Web sites that provide information on vaccine safety and that adhere to good information practices. While many quality web sites offer science-based information about vaccine safety, others may provide unbalanced and misleading information. … Continue reading
The Simple Math of Herd Immunity
I have often come across claims that wish to contest the existence of herd immunity. I find these puzzling. First of all, they are usually offered without proof. But mostly what befuddles me is that the argument approaches the topic backwards. … Continue reading
Myth: No Studies Compare the Health of Unvaccinated and Vaccinated People
Vaccinated people are as healthy or healthier in all aspects compared to the unvaccinated. The vaccinated populations studied have less asthma, less heart attacks, better birth outcomes, and higher cognitive scores than their unvaccinated counterparts. Continue reading
The Intriguing Case of Narcolepsy and Swine Flu
Interestingly, a study published in Nature Medicine indicates that young people were dying of the swine flu because of the excessive response of their own immune system Continue reading
Injecting Kindness into the Debate
Vaccines are a topic that stir up a lot of emotions. How should we talk about them? Will anything we do make a difference? What if we frame the question somewhat differently: can we make a difference by the way behave in our interactions with other people? Continue reading
Posted in epistemology, existentialism, health, medicine, psychology, science, science communication, society, vaccines
Tagged backfire, bias, Daniel Dennett, PubMed, Socratic method
5 Comments
Why Science?
Why science? Because science is the one gig in town that’s sitting down around the table and thinking hard on ‘how can we truly know something?’ Continue reading
Posted in consensus, epistemology, health, medicine, methods, science, science communication, vaccines
Tagged Feynman, PubMed, smallpox, WHO
9 Comments
Thoughtscapism 