In the past five years, Americans’ fervor for injections has reached new heights—even as a wariness about vaccines persists, @danengber argues. He examines what this selective preference for needles may reveal about the country’s approach to wellness: https://t.co/N5I1ogMuDo
I missed this piece by @danengber when it came out, but it's fascinating. On the contradictions of MAGA's "animal nationalism."
https://t.co/Kc8PPJXcxw
Remember the "disappearing scientist" uproar of 2002, in the midst of the anthrax scare, when a bunch of microbiologists died mysteriously over a few months?
(It turned out not all were microbiologists, the deaths were not mysterious, etc etc etc)
https://t.co/pe8a6ahVIt
Donald Trump's administration has taken a more active approach to animal welfare than any other president's in recent memory—which hints at something more widespread in right-wing, nationalist politics, @danengber writes: https://t.co/ae93EUKnzn
Trump is, of course, a man whose rise to power has been fueled by his denigration of people for being animal-like. The same politician who describes his political enemies as “vermin”—@danengber https://t.co/4D8rNFiBFE
I don't love how every story just turns into a media criticism story now - often by people who only read headlines.
I've been writing about the risk of vaccine myocarditis in the Atlantic for years.
https://t.co/6dDbXsRap5
Is there any lower form of journalism than the "holiday debunker"?
Here I inaugurate a new series of holiday-debunker debunkers.
First up: DON'T BELIEVE THE MYTH ABOUT THE MYTH ABOUT THE 'TURKEY COMA'
Every Thanksgiving, articles debunk the idea that turkey makes you sleepy. But this only seems to make people more confused about what the big holiday meal does to you, @danengber writes. https://t.co/Nwg6EI6dSQ
Last year, the Canadian government ordered a flock of ostriches to be killed after some contracted bird flu. The movement to save the birds became a right-wing cause célèbre—and sparked a standoff with authorities, @danengber reports: https://t.co/F1i6hRUXO4
Last year, the Canadian government ordered a flock of ostriches to be killed after some contracted bird flu. The movement to save the birds became a right-wing cause célèbre—and sparked a standoff with authorities, @danengber reports: https://t.co/a197zA5GVp
This is an excellent article that explains these issues, and the ongoing assault on the FDA, and the perspectives of people like @reshmagar who have pushed to reform the FDA in their work but who are now fighting to save it from these depredations.
https://t.co/RrwPO5Rp93