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Journalists sink in The Atlantic article on vaccines
added on 24 Oct 2009
I keep getting asked about the Atlantic Magazine article, Does the Vaccine Matter? by Shannon Brownlee and Jeanne Lenzer, two reporters whose particular bias is that we as a nation are "over treated." As a generalization that's probably true, and finding examples isn't hard. Unfortunately by taki...
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Journalists sink in The Atlantic article on vaccines
posted to Effect Measure on 24 Oct 2009
I keep getting asked about the Atlantic Magazine article, Does the Vaccine Matter? by Shannon Brownlee and Jeanne Lenzer, two reporters whose particular bias is that we as a nation are "over treated." As a generalization that's probably true, and finding examples isn't hard. Unfortunately by taki...
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The Atlantic, "methodolatry," and pandemic swine flu
posted to Respectful Insolence on 24 Oct 2009
I'd like to thank revere right now publicly. He's taught me a new word: Methodolatry: The profane worship of the randomized clinical trial as the only valid method of investigation. Many of you have e-mailed me about a recent article in The Atlantic by Shannon Brownlee and Jeanne Lenzer, two r...
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“Methodolatry”: My new favorite term for one of the shortcomings of evidence-based medicine
posted to Science-Based Medicine on 24 Oct 2009
I’d like to thank revere right now publicly. He’s taught me a new word: Methodolatry: The profane worship of the randomized clinical trial as the only valid method of investigation. Many of you have e-mailed me and other SBM bloggers about a recent article in The Atlantic by Shannon Brownlee and...
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Journalist fails but science wins during flu pandemic
posted to Science-Based Medicine on 24 Oct 2009
The Atlantic has a monumentally horrible article up about flu vaccination which has been buzzing around our bloggy back channels. There has been some good science reporting out there lately, but this ain’t it. I was hoping one of the best public health blogs would jump on this, and jump on it t...
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Tweetlinks, 10-24-09
posted to A Blog Around The Clock on 25 Oct 2009
Follow me on Twitter to get these, and more, in something closer to Real Time (all my tweets are also imported into FriendFeed where they are much more easy to search and comment on, as well as into my Facebook wall where they are seen by quite a different set of people): Open Source Science Co...
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Some great Sunday reading.
posted to Greg Laden's Blog on 25 Oct 2009
A number of items for you to read, starting with this at Effect Measure, a take down of a recent Atlantic anti-vax article: Journalists sink in The Atlantic article on vaccines Excellent news for OpenSource: White House uses Open Source technology for its web site. I've been waiting for them to...
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posted to Effect Measure on 27 Oct 2009
On Saturday we posted our take on The Atlantic magazine article by Shannon Brownlee and Jeanne Lenzer. It's a major story in the November issue, a banner across the top of the cover page reading: Swine flu: Does the vaccine really work? We tried to ignore it. People kept asking us to comment on i...
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