Read writing from Dr. Jess Steier on Medium. Public health scientist specializing in evaluation & critical appraisal of evidence. Founder of Unbiased Science, a science comm brand: unbiasedscipod.com
The Weaponization of Pseudoscience: When "Diverse Viewpoints" Undermine Public Health
The critical distinction between asking legitimate questions (the bedrock of scientific inquiry) and the deliberate refutation of established scientific knowledge.
Vaccines and Autoimmunity: Separating Fact from Fiction
Vaccines trigger a protective immune response against infectious foreign pathogens that invade from outside the body, rather than targeting self antigens within.
Vaccines, Immunology, COVID-19 and debunking the misinformation in between. Click to read Deplatform Disease, by Edward Nirenberg, a Substack publication with thousands of subscribers.
COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) is a respiratory illness caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus. It is very contagious, and spreads quickly.
Most people with COVID-19 have mild respiratory symptoms that feel much like a cold or flu. But it can be much more serious for older adults, people with underlying medical conditions, ...