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Rare Blood Clots After Certain COVID Vaccines, Explained

19 Feb 2026

The light at the end of the pandemic tunnel was marred by a worrying shadow. As the COVID-19 vaccines were rolled out, headlines fuelled anxiety: some people were developing life-threatening blood...

The Strange Story of Nicotine Patches to Treat Long COVID

20 Nov 2025

Long COVID can feel like being adrift at sea, tiringly kicking those legs to stay above water. Social media provides lifebuoys but many turn out to be tricks of the light.

Everyone Else Is Lying to You: A Damning Archive of Science Denial

16 Oct 2025

“Future generations will know that at least some of us tried to resist the intrusion of quackery into medicine, and they’ll gain some semblance of insight into a confounding reality.”

How We Know that Vaccines Are Safe

21 Feb 2025

“Senator, I support vaccines. I support the childhood schedule. The only thing I want is good science, and that’s it.” These words were spoken by Robert F.

Bret Weinstein, Would-Be Galileo

27 Sep 2024

Galileo has many heirs. I don’t mean biological descendants; rather, some intellectuals see Galileo’s face in the mirror staring back at them. Freed from the shackles of academia (or simply kicked...

A Potential Treatment To Prevent Long COVID

16 Jun 2023

This article was originally posted in the Montreal Gazette....

There's More to COVID than the Death Rate

27 Jul 2022

This article was originally posted in the Montreal Gazette.

The Fögen Effect Masks a Big Methodological Issue

21 Jul 2022

Have you heard of the Fögen effect, alternatively spelled “Foegen?” It is the idea, or so goes the claim, that wearing a mask could make COVID-19 more severe. And you might be tempted to take it...

Infertility: A Diabolical Agenda Is Anti-Vaxx Sleight-of-Hand Propaganda

12 Jul 2022

There is a lot to unpack in the deceptively simple (and simply deceptive) 30-minute documentary Infertility: A Diabolical Agenda, released on June 10, 2022.

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