tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post8253190431608194087..comments2024-01-13T18:57:18.243-05:00Comments on Information Processing: Do flu vaccines work?Steve Hsuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02428333897272913660noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-77263546220543692392009-10-30T11:17:31.134-04:002009-10-30T11:17:31.134-04:00Both Taubes and mainstream medicine are right. Ref...Both Taubes and mainstream medicine are right. Refined carbs make fat and calories are all that matters. Low carb dieters don't eat as many calories.<br /><br />Taubes knows this but he's got books to sell. He's a douche.Ian Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06837467954881003505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-29959618744554514152009-10-28T20:20:56.060-04:002009-10-28T20:20:56.060-04:00A reminder: the tau lifetime can be much more accu...A reminder: the tau lifetime can be much more accurately calculated, than it can be measured.<br /><br />I'm a physicist who's had a chance to publish articles on the use of statistics in medical practice. Medical studies are fiendishly difficult to get good samples for, due to both lack of volunteers and (often) ethical issues. <br /><br />If there were good a priori solid reasons to Andrew Folandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10910244125521489773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-28696090033375074902009-10-28T19:45:25.967-04:002009-10-28T19:45:25.967-04:00@Sean -
5) Probably not. In the 1918 pandemic the...@Sean - <br />5) Probably not. In the 1918 pandemic there was a first wave of the flu which hit people like any other flu season, followed by the mutant strain. Mortality rates didn't vary between pre-exposed and unexposed populations.Curious Pandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13281540947889294842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-51763342118661945692009-10-28T15:26:54.835-04:002009-10-28T15:26:54.835-04:00There are many unanswered questions from this Atla...There are many unanswered questions from this Atlantic Monthly article:<br /><br />1 10 years of flu shots gives you exposure (and immunity) to as many as 30 different strains of influenza. Will this reduce your long term flu death rate?<br /><br />2 Will today's H1N1 flu shot stop pandemic spread of a deadly mutation of H1N1?<br /><br />3 What is the flu death rate for healthy people?Sean OBrienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16208491072050016313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-439369055986392892009-10-28T12:42:57.853-04:002009-10-28T12:42:57.853-04:00Steve thanks for taking the time to post your keen...Steve thanks for taking the time to post your keen insight.<br /><br />Regards,<br />Sherwood SmithSherwood Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18273181149561217745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-45882386898683863102009-10-27T22:02:56.717-04:002009-10-27T22:02:56.717-04:00Whatever the theory until it is useful it is just ...Whatever the theory until it is useful it is just dogma.<br /><br />So far evolution has no applicaton. At best it is an explanation of why cancers return, why a cocktail is required to keep HIV from developing into AIDS.<br /><br />All technology and medicine today will still stand without the assisstance of evolution. It will also stand without relativity and black holes and the rest of modern Ian Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06837467954881003505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-2427386168164673622009-10-27T19:45:50.387-04:002009-10-27T19:45:50.387-04:00A lot of medical researchers are practicing statis...A lot of medical researchers are practicing statistics without a license. ;)<br /><br />We live in a country full of people who regard science as "just a bunch of dogma" and inferior to religiously derived 'truth'. Why is that view so prevalent? I suspect one reason is the public is so much more aware of debates about 'social science' or 'educational studies' Sethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16486234948199900568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-3601848510183965612009-10-27T16:44:16.170-04:002009-10-27T16:44:16.170-04:00For years I was treated for elevated blood pressur...For years I was treated for elevated blood pressure. I saw a dozen doctors. Nothing worked until I stopped three other medications. I had to look into the side effects of these myself. None of the doctors I saw had a clue. <br /><br />This could not happen in a country other than the US. The US is the only country where pushiness is valued over intelligence.<br /><br />Medicine is much more oftenIan Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06837467954881003505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-34987439049815612382009-10-27T14:27:01.680-04:002009-10-27T14:27:01.680-04:00The level of "firestorm" - in my opinion...The level of "firestorm" - in my opinion - is frustration from clinicians and researchers due to the new and rising trend of anti-vaccination. The anti-vaxers are mostly uneducated people who cling to bits of pseudoscience to justify their fear of modern medicine. They are championed by Jenny McCarthy with her "Google PhD" and Suzanne Sommers, who claims she had "whole Curious Pandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13281540947889294842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-80708871843572606192009-10-27T13:33:14.963-04:002009-10-27T13:33:14.963-04:00The placebo controlled study sounds interesting. I...The placebo controlled study sounds interesting. I normally don't get a flu shot (not sure what to do this year!), but I'd participate in a study where placebo is a possibility. But maybe this somehow means I'm in the healthy-user group and therefore it doesn't matter if I get the real vaccine or not...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-1338098523284378132009-10-27T13:19:51.052-04:002009-10-27T13:19:51.052-04:00It is amazing. This has raised a firestorm in othe...It is amazing. This has raised a firestorm in otherwise very level headed blogs. See for instance, <br /><br />http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/?p=2258<br /><br />Regards<br />JorgeJorge Pullinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07465581283254332265noreply@blogger.com