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Carrie C's avatar

When I saw the shingles vax/dementia article posted on Medscape, I didn’t bother to read it, instead automatically assumed it was bs. Even the headline was too fanciful for the results to be anything but nonsense. Said to myself, VP is going to be all over this one, and here we are!

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“Most scientists are not actually that smart. A thoughtful electrician or mechanic has a better brain, and with different education would outperform them.”

Bingo. Also already makes more money and helps more people than most of them…

Speaking of politicized science and vaccine fanatics, did y’all know that, after everything that’s happened these last few years - everything! - the Yale School of Public Health invited Apoorva “the lab leak theory is raaaaacist you guys” Mandavilli to be their commencement speaker this year? And that over at their rival Harvard, incoming freshmen *still* have to get the Covid shot? They’re just throwing all their credibility in the trash like Twitter is real life… details here:

https://gaty.substack.com/p/commencement-cup-2023-who-won-the

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