I’m glad researchers didn’t waste this chance to study public trust while attention to scientists was so intense – and especially since…
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Science Communication More Pandemic Research on Public Trust and Scientists
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Evidence Scientific Uncertainty Isn’t a Justification for Getting Things Seriously Wrong
The authors got me thinking about the ways scientific uncertainty enables people to lead themselves, and others, astray. That wasn’t what they…
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Covid-19 So What Was the Impact of Those Covid Vax Safety Pauses?
When several European countries paused use of the Oxford/AstraZeneca Covid vaccine in March 2021, the criticism from many commentators was swift, extreme…
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Covid-19 Women Versus Men Leaders in the Pandemic: An Update and Dig Into the Latest Data
Thanks to some virtuoso high-profile performances from a few women early on, this claim took off fast: having a woman at the…
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Health 4 Ways This Tweet Shows How Public Health Messaging Can Go Off the Rails
When I saw the tweet, it felt like watching pinball for misleading public health hype – ding! ding! ding! – hitting target…
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Evidence Systematic Evidence and the Covid-19 Stress Test: Pass Or Fail?
You would think a time when we needed to be able to “follow the science” would have been systematic evidence’s shining hour…
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Bias Radical Vaccine Trial Transparency & Press Release Readouts: What’s the Problem?
Every time a drug company press release of vaccine trial results blasts through the media, it’s followed by criticism of “science by…
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Bias A Cartoon Guide to Conflict of Interest Claims, Fair & Foul
Claims of conflicts of interest have been one of the – let’s call it interesting – parts of being in debates…
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Science Communication Free Speech and Journals’ Responsibility in Vaccine Debates
“Learn what they don’t want you to know.” That pretty much captures the conspiracy-laced journey into data you often see…
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Bias Scientific Advocacy and Biases of the Ideological and Industry Kinds
I think the main thing I learned – very painfully – in 20 years as a health consumer advocate, is…
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Science Communication Debunking Advice Debunked
“Recommendations for effective myth debunking may thus need to be revised”. One of the authors of this conclusion is Stephan Lewandowsky. He’s also one…
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Evidence When Science Polarizes: A Personal Activist Story with Evidence
There was another one of those “we’re living in echo chambers” papers recently. It’s from the same data on science and conspiracy theory social…