Dear Alberta, The "mRNA COVID vaccine averted substantial illness and death across age groups, and that this led to economically attractive results for both of the older age groups across wide variations in the parameters of the model." ihpi.umich.edu/news-events/... #VaccinesWork

4 vaccines linked to a lower risk of dementia, according to science www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/202... "Vaccines don’t just protect us from infectious diseases or lessen their effects. Some are also associated with a reduced risk for dementia, research shows." #VaccinesWork!

The Truth is Out There! www.ualberta.ca/en/newtrail/... via @ualbertalaw.bsky.social Nice piece on my recent book. 🙏 My advice on avoiding harmful bunk: 1) Don’t be too cynical 2) Watch for emotional triggers 3) Read beyond the headline 4) Beware of “sciencey” language 5) Avoid the Galileo gambit

Problematic Obesity Research on Apple Cider Vinegar Retracted conscienhealth.org/2025/09/prob... @conscienhealth.bsky.social "...this retracted paper leaves a residue of misinformation that will not completely disappear." "This is how bogus ideas live on despite evidence that they are nonsense."

When it comes to vaccine hesitancy, often very much about community. My team believes this. I believe this. And we ALL do it. Reaction to a bad ref call against a fav team? How we view songs outside our music tribe? Same social forces, but add the power of rage, fear, and echo chambers.

Fascinating data on role of politics and adverse reactions to vaccines. Republicans experience more! Obviously, this is driven by ideology & nocebo effect. My take: healthydebate.ca/2025/04/topi...

Truth matters! 💪 We Have Become Numb to Trump's Firehose of False Claims time.com/7320280/dona... "He said 'inflation has been defeated.' Nope. He said 'grocery prices are down.' Nuh-uh. He said 'our [electricity] bills are coming way down.' Absolutely not."

Incredible how vaccine hesitancy has become increasingly about POLITICAL IDENTITY...

Protein is important—but we’re eating too much hsph.harvard.edu/news/protein... "...over the past decade, food companies have quadrupled the amount of high-protein products they sell worldwide—not because people need more protein, but because it’s a moneymaker." Soon: on CKNW in Vancouver!

WHO joins global health leaders rejecting U.S. acetaminophen warnings www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/... @who.int: “no conclusive scientific evidence confirming a possible link.” "Public health leaders and organizations around the world have been sounding off..." U.S. become Dark Age Nation

Trump team backs an unproven drug for autism — but does it work? www.nature.com/articles/d41... "...has not been tested for safety or effectiveness in a large trial." Trump's autism narrative autism is stigmatizing and "... a distraction, a waste of time and resource and effort."

Measles Vaccination Coverage After a Postelimination Outbreak jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... "...MMR coverage remained well below the 93% herd immunity threshold." "Persistent, systemwide MMR immunity gaps in an extensive pediatric network..." #VaccinesWork

Trump’s ‘tough it out’ to pregnant women meets wave of opposition www.statnews.com/2025/09/24/t... @apapsychiatric.bsky.social: "...pretty alarmed by some of the output that was coming from the administration." "...support their neurodivergence rather than just trying to find the cause of it."

Study about apple cider vinegar for weight loss RETRACTED. No surprise. But wellness woo BS hard reverse. Damage done.

OK... THIS is the (highly criticized) correlation study used by Trump, RFK Jr. et al. 👇 I guess big conflicts of interest are cool, if they support MAGA (deeply wrong) ideas. Researcher Was Paid $150,000 as an Expert Witness in Tylenol Lawsuits www.nytimes.com/2025/09/23/h...

Yikes. Painful. So much BS. Oz: in your time of need "you don't want to be surrounded by intellectuals. You want men of action!" Read: Thoughts bad. Smashing good. Love how TMZ hosts explain correlation ≠ causation to Oz. The guy has no shame. www.tmz.com/watch/dr-oz-...

It bears repeating. No, taking Tylenol during pregnancy does not cause autism. One study found a correlation, not a causation. Other research has found no clear link. Acetaminophen is one of the few safe options for pain relief during pregnancy. 👉 scienceupfirst.com/science-101/...

Facebook data reveal the devastating real-world harms caused by the spread of #misinformation theconversation.com/facebook-dat... by @acarson.bsky.social et al. Misinformation’s real-world impact: "linked to poor health outcomes, falling public trust, and significant societal harm."

Trump's 'Reckless' Claim About Tylenol And Autism Sparks Concern From Medical Experts www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-... The president's statements were "cruel" and "dangerous". "Research shows there is no association between taking acetaminophen during pregnancy and the risk of developing autism."

Gynecologists prepare for Qs about Tylenol after Trump’s unproven claims www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... by @kkirkup Me: "Announcement was not surprising. It builds on familiar and worrisome trends [pseudoscience, fearmongering, blame] in the MAHA political movement." #ScienceMatters

Autism, vaccines and paracetamol - how Trump and RFK put conspiracies at the heart of US health policy www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a... Me: "Their erosion in trust in scientific institutions is tremendously damaging."

Countering Trump, European health officials stress that acetaminophen is safe www.statnews.com/2025/09/23/t... "Our advice is based on a rigorous assessment of the available scientific data and we have found no evidence that taking paracetamol during pregnancy causes autism in children."

Decades of tolerating & normalizing pseudoscience & health misinformation created the foundation for this horror show...👇 What happens when we don't counter bunk? This. Trump, questioning vaccine safety, pushes major changes to how kids get shots www.statnews.com/2025/09/22/t...

"What we heard today was not gold standard science. It wasn’t even science. Instead, President Trump talked about what he thinks and feels without offering any scientific evidence.” Trump Has ‘Strong Feelings’ About Autism, www.nytimes.com/2025/09/22/u...

Good summary...👇 “The saddest display of a lack of evidence, rumors, recycling old myths, lousy advice, outright lies, and dangerous advice I have ever witnessed by anyone in authority.” – Arthur Caplan Trump Makes Unfounded Claims About Tylenol, Vaccines And Autism apnews.com/article/tyle...

Despite concerns about hexane or processing, science is clear: seed oils remain a healthy choice. Read more here 👇 scienceupfirst.com/nutrition/ex... #ScienceUpFirst

Again, how do these people – who clearly know they are enabling harmful authoritarian BS – sleep at night? Zero shame? Zero integrity? Maximum thirst for power?

Sum: pseudoscience, lies, and fearmongering nonsense. Those with a science background - Makary, Bhattacharya, Oz, etc - MUST know this is harmful BS. They MUST know they are enabling authoritarian BS. Integrity black hole. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Warm up for MAHA / MAGA autism statement. 1) NO evidence vaccines cause autism. 2) NO solid evidence acetaminophen causes autism. Do they have robust new evidence? (Spoiler: they don't.) www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Leavitt: Urges "critical thinking" & "tone down the judgment" for autism announcement. Seriously? RFK Jr, et al, consistently: - demonstrates doesn't understand science - lies to serve politics & brand - fearmongers to do harm 🚨"Judgment" dialled up to 11! 🚨 youtu.be/yUpEqBzTE4I?...

This👇! "What these people do, is that they search, they find one paper or two papers that make an outlandish claim based on bad data that hundreds or thousands or tens of thousands of other papers refute." Claim Covid vaccines persist is ‘absolutely impossible’ www.statnews.com/2025/09/20/d...

We live in a world where we have to remind people to NOT put coffee up their bum. This is where we are... Why medical experts warn against trying a coffee enema www.usatoday.com/story/life/h...

Author of reviews of gender affirming care decries ‘egregious misuse’ of the findings to justify bans www.statnews.com/2025/09/22/e... via @statnews Sum: Researcher of work used to justify bans says his research does NOT justify bans.

The MAHA "autism cause" BS checks a lot of MAGA boxes: - Simplistic & wrong.✅ - Blame women & mothers. ✅ - Blame "evil biomedicine." ✅ - Fearmonger & stigmatize. ✅ Ignore the noise. #ScienceMatters!

Trump: "we found an answer to autism." Reality: Nope! We can't let the fearmongering, stigmatizing, guilt-placing lies win. 💪 ‘No relationship’: Scientists push back on Trump’s reported claim linking paracetamol to autism www.euronews.com/health/2025/... #ScienceMatters!

Buckle up for more science-free harmful BS. Last night's warm up fearmongering nonsense from MAGA... 👇 Trump claims babies being given ‘massive vaccines like you’d give to a horse’ www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

Is "protein" label just the latest "health halo" marketing scam? My verdict: Yep. Protein infused popcorn, pop, cereal, lattes, candy bars...? Sigh. Reality: most (but not all) get enough. www.cbc.ca/news/busines... Soon: on CTV Edmonton to talk "proteinization" of food!

Here we go... Ugh. Reality: 1) No evidence to support (and evidence that counters) this take. 2) "Increase" in autism largely about reporting, awareness, & diagnosis (obviously). Trump administration set to tie Tylenol to autism risk, officials say www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

In the "before times" this would be a major scandal. Headlines for weeks. It would have a name ("BagGate"?). Jail time as climax? Now? This is normal sh*t. In fact, let's make him border czar! Corruption Nation. www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/t...

Misinformation lends itself to social contagion theconversation.com/misinformati... by @bayesbro.bsky.social "Research shows that both misinformation and disinformation spread faster and farther than truth online." Echo chambers "filter out accurate information contrary to one’s own views."

Effective Countermeasures to Health Misinformation: A Rapid Review academic.oup.com/milmed/artic... "Debunking, prebunking, and health literacy strategies were identified as effective tools for addressing health-related mis/dis..." Yep. Let's take action! #ScienceMatters 💪

Polarizing take, yes. But given role of political identity in shaping world, key...👇 Politics & IQ: www.psypost.org/the-politics... "...people with lower cognitive abilities are more likely to endorse socially conservative & authoritarian views..." Link with economic conservatism more complex.

Another day, another authoritarian step to silence science & truth. Dark Age 2.0. EPA tells scientists to stop publishing studies, employees say wapo.st/3VrOcca

Covid vaccines protect children from severe disease. Here is the evidence www.statnews.com/2025/09/19/c... via @statnews.com "Over & over again, Covid-19 has shown it can cause severe disease in children, disease that is preventable by a safe and effective vaccine." #VaccinesWork

Again, ZERO evidence to support. More barriers built on more lies. Dark Age 2.0. Vaccine panel advances more restrictive approach to covid shots wapo.st/4gsNhBK PS, A few Canadian provinces have embraced the MAGA vaccine noise. Sigh.

Needed: more critical thinking & less politics. Study: Detecting health disinformation journals.plos.org/plosone/arti... "People with a high need for cognition [critical thinking] were adept at detecting online disinformation, but those with conservative political affiliations were not."

So, cool for state actors to push lies, but no jokes about prez! "Through free speech, the US will counter genuine malign propaganda from adversaries that threaten our national security...." US halts ‘all frameworks’ to counter foreign misinformation thehill.com/homenews/adm...

Yep. Alarming rise in misinformation about women's health on social media, www.thestar.com/news/alarmin... via @thestar.com "Harmful diets, false information about intrauterine devices or abortion pills — misinformation and disinformation about women’s health are spreading..."

Gold standard science requires gold standard scholarship www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... "In today’s tense environment around science and politics, meticulous scholarship has never been more important." Watch for bunk & manipulated science & citations! #ScienceMatters!