Health and Sanity category archive
“Influencer” Idiocy 0
At Psychology Today, Tamara Sobel looks at mounting evidence that “social” media isn’t. Here’s a tiny excerpt; follow the link for the article:
Still Rising Again after All These Years, Reprise 0
Disparate treatment in the Sunshine State. Who woulda thunk?
The Medicine Sham in This New Gilded Age 0
Thom takes a look at how truly inefficient and ineffective America’s health care system industry oligarchy actually is.
Inventorying Ignorance, Vaccine Nation Dept. 0
At the Tampa Bay Times, Stephen Neely and Kaila Witkowski report on the results of a survey that they conducted regarding Floridians’ beliefs about COVID and vaccines. Among other things, they found a significant split on party lines:
Follow the link for the numbers.
Twits on Twitter X Offenders
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Snopes unpacks (yet another) lie about vaccines.
In related news, self-proclaimed “free speech absolutist” Elon Musk is making noises about suing the Anti-Defamation League for ” (wait for it) exercising free speech.
And we have another example that “social” media isn’t.
Vaccine Nation 0
The stupid. It metastasizes.
Details of the delusional at the link.
“But It’s the Only Possible Explanation” 0
The Los Angeles Times’s Michael Hiltzik points out that facts will never satisfy those committed to conspiracy theories.
Vaccine Nation 0
Honest to Betsy, these lying liar anti-vaxxers will latch onto anything to promote their perfidies and imperil the polity.
One more time, “social” media isn’t.
Vaccine Nation 0
Aside:
What flummoxes me most about the anit-vaxxers is that they are able to ignore over three two centuries of history, since the creation of the first smallpox vaccine through polio to measles to mumps, that prove vaccines work.
I’m old enough to remember pictures on my telly vision of children in iron lungs because of polio, then the vaccines came along and polio went away, for Pete’s sake.
We are a society of stupid.
Vaccine Nation 0
Rebecca Watson finds the notion of anyone’s trying to have a serious debate with anti-vaxxer RFK Jr. to be–er–ludicrous.
Or you can read the transcript.
The Climates They Are a-Changing . . . 0
. . . and threats from climate-change deniers drove this TV meteorologist to leave has job. Here’s a bit frome the story in the Des Moines Register:
Vaccine Nation 0
Dr. Peter Hotex is harassed in Houston for having the unmitigated gall to believe in proven fact.
I tell you, the stupid-larity is upon us.
The News Recycle 0
Rebecca Watson looks at some recent reports about two apparently unrelated topics: UFOs and COVID. She argues that, as dissimilar as the topics may seem, the news reports have something in common: they are not “news,” they are warmed up leftovers. A bit:
1. Both are masquerading as “news” when in fact there doesn’t appear to be any new information we didn’t already know for at least a year
2. Both have no solid evidence to back them up . . .
Follow the link for solid evidence of the lack of evidence.
Food for Thought, It’s All about the Algorithm Dept. 0
At Psychology Today Blogs, Riccardo Dalle Grave discusses the association between “social” media and eating disorders in teens. He makes three main points; follow the link for his exploration.
- The use of social networks is associated with body dissatisfaction and disordered eating.
- Viewing and uploading photos and asking for negative feedback seem particularly problematic.
- The parental role in ensuring their children’s safe and helpful use of social networks cannot be understated.
There’s nothing healthy about a culture which values self-promotion above all else.
