Conspirituality
George Monbiot has a compelling theory to explain what makes people believe conspiracies. “Those who believe unevidenced stories about hidden cabals and secret machinations tend to display no interest in…
Marie Snyder
Yup. Still Here. Still Need to Clean the Air.
Covid has been implicated in creating more cases of PANDAS – pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders associated with streptococcal infections. A 9-year-old girl dramatically changed personality after a viral infection she…
Cell Phones and Cigarettes
I have some concerns with the new rules for schools as reported by the CBC. The biggest concern is that the funding cuts came Friday, but yet another cell phone…
What is University For – Part 1
In case you’ve missed it, many students on university campuses have been protesting the ongoing genocide in Gaza. The police have been heavy-handed — or outright violent — with some…
Imagine If Goliath Won
A group of scientists backed by years of solid science couldn’t sway the mighty World Health Organization from their path of destruction, and we’ve all paid the price. I’m just…
Another School Came Around
Slides from Yale School of Public Health, one of the oldest school in Public Health and Epidemiology:
On Psychosomatic Illness
I don’t know anything about Fibromyalgia, yet I wince when someone says it’s psychosomatic. I wonder about almost any conditioned considered psychosomatic now. I realize I’m using the term in…
Canada’s Healthcare Crisis
A major backbone of Canada is falling apart, and much of it is from poor policy decisions that has led to a serious doctor shortage. Mary Fernando, MD, wrote about…
Hostility Creating Isolation
A recent study found that older adults are spending less time in public due to hostility against people in masks. “The study comes amid what the U.S. Surgeon General recently…
What’s Good for the King is Good for the Kids
We KNOW that Covid makes kids sick, which affects attendance, and we KNOW cleaning the air will help (since so many have been convince not to wear masks to class),…
No Ragrets
The frustrating experiences that linger with me the longest are the times I was able to make a difference in my tiny corner of the world or have some kind…
Avian Flu and You
Avian flu has jumped to cows and a person, which is a little bit bigger deal than just avoiding soft boiled eggs. H5N1 was contracted by someone in Texas who…
Four Long Years
A look back to four years ago: From Craig Spencer, MD MPH, Four years ago today, I walked into the apocalypse.Crossing the line in the ER felt like entering a…
One Step Forward…
More good news about antivirals. From Nate Bear: People are experiencing, “almost complete Long Covid recovery with the use of an HIV antiretroviral . There is obviously viral persistence in…
On Suing Social Media Giants
A collection of school boards are suing a collection of social media sites for allegedly deliberately hurting students. That’s from the Toronto Star headline, but deliberate harm?? I’m not sure…
Cognitive Tests
I lost an hour of my morning to cognitive tests – just for fun (and a baseline). AARP has a battery of tests you can take. They’re free, but you…
On Identity: Erikson, Freud, and Sartre
I recently listened to a podcast of Dr. Louis Cozolino, a neuroscientist and psychoanalyst, discussing what he would teach if he were training psychotherapists. The first year would be phenomenology:…
Some Meds that Might Help
A new PrEP for Covid! Invivyd got FDA approval for Pemgarda, or pemivibart and formerly VYD222, to be used as Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) for Covid, specifically for adults and adolescents…
When the Rain Comes
A good rain metaphor from tern: Some people just can’t wrap their heads around the multiple dangers caused by covid infection. Speaking to a colleague yesterday, I tried to describe…
The Enshittification of Health Care
Last week David Moscrop wrote an excellent piece in The Walrus about Loblaw. He wrote, “If you live in Canada, you’re probably part of the Loblaw ecosystem, whether you like…