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Showing posts with label health. Show all posts
Showing posts with label health. Show all posts
Sunday, April 24, 2022

If you've ever handled a penny, the government's got your DNA.

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File this under:  Wanted: new conspiracy theories—all ours came true . When DNA testing and genomic profiling was first rolling out as a mas...
Thursday, May 13, 2021

Great News, Everybody! They Are Just Stupid. Not Evil.

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Consider this graph from the COVID-19 vaccine page on the CDC's website:  Notice the red trendline, which is the 7-day moving average o...
Thursday, October 8, 2020

What Explains Country Variation in COVID Deaths?

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I see a lot of vague or implied speculation on why there are such large differences in COVID-19 death rates (et al.) among various countries...

The Forrest Gump Diet: A few simple rules for a better diet

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Most dieting plans are nonsense. And most dieting is not about losing weight --it is about signaling  that one would like to lose weight, is...
Wednesday, September 2, 2020

In Case of Pandemic Break Glass

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Here is a message to future generations for when they find themselves in the next pandemic. This is subject to change, but you would already...
Friday, August 7, 2020

What To Root For

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In late summer every football fan begins to dream about the season to come with aspirational hopes for one's team and general excitement...
Tuesday, January 23, 2018

Highly Linkable - Food and Health Myths

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As you know, one of my soft spots is counter-conventional wisdom. Here are a few recent ones in the health and nutrition and food spaces. ...
Monday, February 23, 2015

Highly Linkable

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First, some housekeeping. Now that I have broken the streak, allusions will continue, but not necessarily in all posts. I could watch this...