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COVID-19, a “Cure”, and Religion in Afghanistan

August 20, 2020 by Dave
Afghanistan

In Afghanistan, religious herbalists are offering a COVID-19 cure that uses opioids. People really do feel better, but this is not a cure.

Categories consumer, Fake News, Health, Medicine, society Tags Afghanistan, COVID-19, cure Leave a comment

Is the Russian COVID-19 Vaccine real?

June 30, 2024August 19, 2020 by Dave
COVID-19 Vaccine

The Russian COVID-19 announcement is a con job. They have not conducted Phase III trials and don’t know if it actually works.

Categories Medicine, politics, science, society Tags COVID-19, vaccine Leave a comment

Questions to ask when faced with a poll

August 18, 2020 by Dave
poll

In an election year it is of vital importance to understand the questions that you should be asking when presented with a poll?

Categories consumer, Critical Thinking, Fake News, poll, society Tags poll Leave a comment

Warming Greenland ice sheet passes point of no return

February 15, 2021August 17, 2020 by Dave
Greenland

New study shows that glaciers are losing ice so rapidly that, even if global warming stopped, Greenland’s glaciers would continue to shrink.

Categories Arctic, Climate Change, science, study Tags Arctic, greenland, ice loss, study Leave a comment

Wingnut Weekly – 16 Aug 2020

May 20, 2024August 16, 2020 by Dave

Wingnut weekly – a selection of weirdness from the past week that emanates from a blend of religious Fundamentalism with right-wing politics

Categories fundamentalists, nutters, politics, religion Tags fundamentalists, politics, religion, right-wing, wingnut Leave a comment

Building a wall in the English Channel

May 20, 2024August 14, 2020 by Dave
building a wall

A GoFundMe campaign for building a wall in the english channel to keep immigrants out has started. It is real or is something else going on?

Categories Critical Thinking, fake news, Humor, Skepticism Leave a comment
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