#Medmaston We have to address the root cause of disease that afflicts us.

Why is #politics broken in the US?

Embraced by #MAGA it erupted in the US with the Tea party -- the bashing of experts in the sciences.

This opened the door to acceptance of disinformation & misinformation featured on #Fox #news & other mainstream outlets. My opinion is as valid as yours.

In Science: testing theories & contesting findings is integral to the peer review process as are standards for study methods.

#Medmaston #COVID19

Katalin Karikó: The unimaginable, obstacle-laden, multi-decade journey to discover the mRNA platform and win the 2023 Nobel Prize

https://erictopol.substack.com/p/katalin-kariko-the-unimaginable-obstacle?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=587835&post_id=141287483&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=1rhuu4&utm_medium=email

#Medmaston It's said, rightly, that a bad test can be as harmful as a bad drug.

Here, bad timing of a test can lead to a false sense of security -- contributing to the spread of #COVID19

Is there some big conference going on now in the vaccine, infectious disease, public health realm? I'm getting automatic 'away' responses from an awful lot of researchers.

#medmaston #PublichHealth #vaccines

Use of #MentalHealth #chatbots emerged from #BigTech #SiliconValley around 2012, many from academic project DNA. I’ve been immersed in the space ever since.

Key take away:

Late Stage Capitalism + omnipresent #SurveillanceCapitalism
(#TechnoFascist #VC #AI #ML #TechBros #ElonMusk #PeterThiel #SamAltman)
LOVE vulnerable populations.

"Eating Disorder Helpline Disables Chatbot for 'Harmful' Responses After Firing Human Staff”
https://www.vice.com/en/article/qjvk97/eating-disorder-helpline-disables-chatbot-for-harmful-responses-after-firing-human-staff

#Health
#DigitalMentalHealth
#MedMaston

Hallo #Medmaston in der Schweiz 🇨🇭

Gibt es Dinge die Ihr Eich bei dieser App wünschen würdet? Wir haben uns zuerst um #Kostengutsprachen und Preismodelle gekümmert. (Keytruda, Humira, Perjeta, …)

Was würde Euch nutzen bringen?

https://apps.apple.com/ch/app/medikamentencheck/id1673480870

"as you all may know" or "everybody should know" are one of the things I typically hear during a presentation that makes me cringe.

People have different knowledge levels and it's never good to assume someone's abilities assuming they're listening to you

This will be one of my rare cross postings but I feel like this needs to be mentioned more.

#tooterx #medmaston #phdlife

European Medicines Agency “cautioned (that monoclonals) are unlikely to be effective against emerging strains.

They "do not significantly neutralize BQ.1 and BQ.1.1, which are expected to become the dominant strains in the EU in the coming weeks.” #MedMaston #antibodies

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-12-eu-antibody-drugs-poor-covid.html