Drunk vultures plague a New England town.
bostonglobe.com/2024/04/17/met…

First of our lilacs coming into flower.

There is a reason anti-vax folks want you to think everyone has 'fond memories' of the pre-vaccine era and that vaccine preventable diseases are 'meh.' Don't believe them. bit.ly/3JnfbPS

Baad Henry! '“As Roby walked through the barn, she stopped at several stalls to pet, feed peppermints to, and take pictures with the horses stabled there”... Bradley’s stable pony named Henry allegedly lunged at and bit Mrs. Roby.'
kentucky.com/sports/horses/…

Muttons annual hootenanny.

Fact-deprived fearmongering about Covid vaccine boosters, Canadian-style.
vaxopedia.org/2024/04/15/did…

Anyone who bought Trump Media stock on 3/27 'has now lost more than half of their money.' cnn.com/2024/04/15/inv…

What does it mean when people say they have 'pure' blood?

That they're nitwits, racists, or both.
vaxopedia.org/2024/04/09/wha…

ABC News runs a largely credulous report on pricey 'functional beverages', including those containing 'adaptogens'. Scam alert. abcnews.go.com/Lifestyle/wire…
mcgill.ca/oss/article/co….

The Herr Doktor Semmelweis washes his hands of such foolishness.

GM-crops present no greater risk to human health or the environment.

There is a point when you need to acknowledge that a topic is so thoroughly studied it is exceedingly unlikely that the conclusions are wrong.

🚩 Big red flag for bunk! 🚩

Is Adrenal Fatigue a Real Condition? medscape.com/viewarticle/ad… medscape.com/viewarticle/ad…

'There is no scientific evidence that adrenal fatigue exists or causes [general] fatigue, depression, or the many common symptoms that are said to result from this…

“I began to add a few things up and realized there was no way I could come from a little town in Iowa, be eating 2,000 people a year, and nobody said anything about it,” Mrs. Burgus told The Chicago Tribune in 1997.'
nytimes.com/2024/04/12/us/…

In a turn of events surprising to no one actually grounded in this reality... investigation of sudden cardiac deaths of 16-30-year-olds in Oregon finds no link to COVID-19 mRNA vaccination:
cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/7…
No death in this age group over the study period could be linked…

'The Clostridium botulinum bacteria is an ingredient in Botox'

No, it isn't. Botox contains purified C. botulinum toxin, not live bacteria.🦠 CNN, where's your science editor?
cnn.com/2024/04/10/hea…

Speed of a hippo

Black Monk Time.
youtube.com/watch?v=oaoKMA…