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In things that probably shouldn't have to be said: there's no evidence whatsoever that ivermectin can treat or cure cancer.
Despite the ridiculous viral online claims.
Health Nerd
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Health Nerd
@GidMK
Epidemiologist. Writer (Slate, TIME, etc). ' Research fellow at @UoW Host of @senscipod Email [email protected] he/him
- TEN WAYS TO BOOST YOUR IMMUNE SYSTEM DURING THE CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK: 1. You 2. Can't 3. 'Boost' 4. Your 5. Immune 6. System 7. It's 8. All 9. Complete 10. Bullshit Practice social distancing and wash your hands, people
- Saying the word "fuck" to someone in a professional context (my experience): British: slightly shocked pause American: dead silence like you announced your spree of murders Australian: "yeah, fuck is right, it's a fucking nightmare"
- I sometimes think that people in the US don't quite get how completely absent shootings are from the lives of many countries outside of America
- For anyone wondering how Australia is going - I spent last night at a bar with a friend, playing trivia, talking about how lucky we were No local COVID cases for 46 days as of today #ZeroCovid
- Headline: Splenda damages DNA Study: At the very highest concentrations of the sucralose compound tested in this study, using cells in petri dishes, one marker of gene damage was slightly elevatedChemical found in Splenda damages DNA: ‘Genotoxic’ discovery trib.al/scQNgYX
- Pretty amazing finding - new analysis from Scotland shows NO CASES OF CERVICAL CANCER in women vaccinated at 12 or 13 years of age. The HPV vaccine has been remarkably effective. Exactly what was expected, but nevertheless fantastic news. academic.oup.com/jnci/advance-a…
- Medical cannabis arguments are weird because I'm 100% behind legalizing recreational cannabis but that doesn't mean that your shoddy 20-person uncontrolled study means cannabis can treat Alzheimer's
- Please👏stop👏pretending👏that👏Australia👏and👏NZ👏are👏simply👏lucky👏in👏their👏COVID-19👏outcomes👏and👏not👏part👏of👏a👏global👏success👏story👏for👏governments👏that👏ACTED
- A stats poem: Roses are red (p = 0.021) Violets are blue (p = 0.015) But inadequate sampling (n = 15), Means it might not be true.
- Headline: "COVID-19 pandemic impacts rich people less" Epidemiologists everywhere: yes, this is true of ALL HUMAN DISEASE. WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO TELL YOU FOR YEARS
- This paper on cold immersion recently went viral, because it seems to indicate that cold water can improve many facets of human health! Except, the paper shows PRECISELY THE OPPOSITE OF THAT A 🧵 1/n
