Mice, chickens, and the Spanish Flu
April 20, 2020 10:08 pm Comments Off on Mice, chickens, and the Spanish FluThe flu pandemic of 1918 influenza pandemic took more lives than any other epidemic in human history. This was a... View Article
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CFR and IFR explained (with a special guest appearance by Typhoid Mary)
April 10, 2020 10:07 pm Comments Off on CFR and IFR explained (with a special guest appearance by Typhoid Mary)“How dangerous is this disease; how likely is a person to die?” is not a simple question. One way to... View Article
Contagion rates: How they are affected by knowledge and behavior
April 8, 2020 9:39 pm Comments Off on Contagion rates: How they are affected by knowledge and behavior“How contagious is the disease?” is an important question. The rate of contagion is the expected number of new cases... View Article
Forbidden Human Experiments
October 23, 2019 10:50 pm Comments Off on Forbidden Human ExperimentsWilliam Thorpe and “windows of learning” Science asks many questions that cannot be answered through research on human subjects. Consider,... View Article
Who’s twisting the “9 out of 10” claim for their anti-research agenda?
September 27, 2019 7:58 pm Comments Off on Who’s twisting the “9 out of 10” claim for their anti-research agenda?Individuals and groups opposed to animal research leap at any opportunity to convince others that animal research is unnecessary, useless,... View Article
Do 9 out of 10 drugs tested on animals really fail when applied to people?
September 26, 2019 10:22 pm Comments Off on Do 9 out of 10 drugs tested on animals really fail when applied to people?Yes, it’s true. An overwhelming majority of drugs tested on animals fail in subsequent human trials. Foes of animal research cite... View Article
Who wants you to “fix” your dog?
September 25, 2019 6:11 pm Comments Off on Who wants you to “fix” your dog?The cause and effect relationship between pet neutering and the dramatic reduction in shelters dog deaths in the US is... View Article
Who’s “Got Milk” in their sights?
September 24, 2019 6:52 pm Comments Off on Who’s “Got Milk” in their sights?There was a time when being vegetarian in the United States was viewed as something of a social or political... View Article
Is there something gross hiding in your milk?
September 20, 2019 10:47 pm Comments Off on Is there something gross hiding in your milk?The idea that there is “pus” floating around in cow’s milk is an urban legend that continues to resurface on... View Article
So who says the tragedy of thalidomide proves that animal research doesn’t work?
September 20, 2019 9:16 pm Comments Off on So who says the tragedy of thalidomide proves that animal research doesn’t work?Numerous individuals and groups opposed to animal research (the usual suspects, PETA and company) exploit the tragedy of Thalidomide to... View Article
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