by J. Jerrald Hayes | Jun 22, 2023 | Science, Science Based Medicine
Basic vaccine chemistry for those who are confused by it One of the problems, among many, with anti-vaccine activists, is a complete misunderstanding of the basics of vaccine chemistry. People get scared of...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Jan 21, 2022 | Science Based Medicine
An Open Letter to ZDoggMD | Science-Based Medicine Dear. ZDoggMD, During a recent social media kerfuffle, you referred to yourself as “arguably the biggest advocate for vaccination on social media”. Indeed, you’ve hosted credible individuals like Dr....
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Dec 15, 2021 | Science, Science Based Medicine, Vaccination
Iowa native Michael Osterholm, a world-renowned epidemiologist, saw the pandemic coming. Now, he wants you to be worried. Michael Osterholm has Oprah Winfrey’s attention as he matter-of-factly explains why the world is unprepared to deal with a pandemic he knows...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Nov 5, 2021 | Pseudoscience, Right Wing Lunacy, Science, Science Based Medicine
NFL QB Aaron Rodgers chose homeopathy over vaccines, catches COVID Sometimes my blog posts write themselves. NFL quarterback Aaron Rodgers decided to forgo COVID-19 vaccines and chose homeopathy to build antibodies against it. As you can predict, he tested positive...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Sep 20, 2021 | Science, Science Based Medicine
A Vaccine against Poison Ivy Misery Is in the Works as Scientists Also Explore New Treatment Paths Eleven summers ago I moved into a small house surrounded by woods but with enough sunshine to indulge my gardening habit. It was my own little Eden, complete, as it...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Sep 15, 2021 | • Politics, Science, Science Based Medicine
The two ways COVID ends We still have a...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Aug 1, 2020 | Coronavirus, Critical Thinking, Science Based Medicine
In a conversation last weekend I said despite my vaccine advocacy in the case of a vaccine for COVID-19 I said I would not want to be amongst the first to get vaccinated when “they’ come up with a vaccine because of how it is being rushed to market. Thinking about it...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Jul 27, 2020 | Coronavirus, Science, Science Based Medicine
We Thought It Was Just a Respiratory Virus We were wrong. By Ariel Bleicher and Katherine Conrad UCSF Magazine Summer 2020 Illustration: Anna & Elena Balbusso In late January, when hospitals in the United States confirmed the presence of the novel coronavirus,...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | May 13, 2020 | Coronavirus, Donald Trump, Science, Science Based Medicine
He Was a Science Star. Then He Promoted a Questionable Cure for Covid-19. Feature The man behind Trump’s favorite unproven treatment has made a great career assailing orthodoxy. His claim of a 100 percent cure rate shocked scientists around the world. Didier...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Apr 13, 2020 | • Politics, Coronavirus, Critical Thinking, Science, Science Based Medicine
A Stupidity Pandemic | NeuroLogica Blog As a skeptical science communicator I am constantly walking the line between hope and cynicism. On the one hand, I very much take to heart Carl Sagan’s approach to science – focusing on the absolute wonder of the...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Apr 12, 2020 | Coronavirus, Critical Thinking, Reason & Rational Thinking, Science, Science Based Medicine
A great explanation of the rational thinking and reasoning processes that scientists and medical professional are using in considering Hydroxychloroquine to treat COVID-19.
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Apr 6, 2020 | Coronavirus, Science, Science Based Medicine
The Reality About Coronavirus Vaccine (w/Dr. Paul Offit) – YouTube A vaccine inventor talks about important challenges to the rapid development of a safe and effective coronavirus vaccine. It’s not as easy as we might think. Dr. Paul Offit is Professor of...
