Health - Quillette (Page 3)

The New Prohibition

The neuroscientific model of addiction is at odds with our freedom to experience the sensual life.

25 Jul 2022 · 10 min read

Warp Speed: Inside the Operation that Beat COVID—A Review

While the overall U.S. response to the pandemic was tragically deficient, we can learn a lot from the public-private partnership that sped vaccine development.

Josh Morrison

28 Jun 2022 · 7 min read

The Burden of the Best?

From self-belief to self-care.

Steve Salerno

12 Jun 2022 · 13 min read

Shanghai on the Edge of Madness

Starvation will push and pull human psychology in unusual directions—it is one of the few things that can overcome fear of the authorities. When famine came to China 400 years ago, it made Chinese peasants receptive to the preachers of class war. When the government failed to provide crucial

Aaron Sarin

18 Apr 2022 · 6 min read

On DarkHorse, Ivermectin, and Vaccine Hesitancy

The following transcript comes from an interview for Iconoclast: Ideas that have Shaped the Culture Wars. It was conducted by Mark Halloran with Eric Topol on October 14th, 2021. Mark Halloran is Editor of Iconoclast. He holds a PhD in biochemistry and a BA in Behavioural Science. Eric Topol is

Mark Halloran

22 Mar 2022 · 24 min read

The Ideological Aversion to Harm Reduction

Putting a patient under general anesthesia is a dangerous business. Waking a patient up from anesthesia is an ugly one. After I turn off the gas the patient typically thrashes and writhes like a sinner in Hell. Yet such resistance has never bothered me. I don’t want good and

Ronald W. Dworkin

17 Mar 2022 · 9 min read

‘As We See It’ and the Changing Discussion About Autism

The show frankly acknowledges issues frequently haunting persons on the autism spectrum.

Jonathan Mitchell

28 Jan 2022 · 6 min read

Autism or Encephalitis? My Son’s Misdiagnosis and Our Family’s Season in Hell

Encephalitis recovery often takes years, not months, and some patients never fully recover.

S. Stiles

21 Jan 2022 · 19 min read

Outback Australia and the Information Wars

How Maajid Nawaz and Tim Pool amplified misinformation about COVID-19 in Northern Territory Aboriginal communities, overshadowing the effective responses led by legitimate Aboriginal leaders.

Matthew Blackwell

7 Dec 2021 · 14 min read

What is Happening to My Profession?

Some of the people who are refusing the life-saving COVID vaccine are alienated from mainstream institutions, which they view as house organs of the political Left rather than trustworthy arbiters of truth.

Sally Satel

30 Nov 2021 · 10 min read

‘It works! It works! It works!’: Jonas Salk and the Vaccine that Conquered Polio

Americans turned on their radios, department stores set up loudspeakers, and judges suspended trials so that everyone in the courtroom could hear what Francis was about to say.

Paul A. Offit

29 Oct 2021 · 8 min read

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and the Meaning of Human Suffering

Every situation is distinguished by its uniqueness, and there is always only one right answer to the problem posed by the situation at hand.

Samuel Kronen

28 Oct 2021 · 27 min read

Vaccinology, Immunology, and COVID-19

Vaccine technology has sped ahead, serving the critical function to break the link between infection and poor outcomes.

Jesse Pelletier

6 Oct 2021 · 6 min read

Understanding the Motivated Reasoning of Anti-Vax Refuseniks

Vaccine refusal also correlates with a feeling of alienation from the wider culture—what sociologists call “anomie.”

Richard Redding

15 Sep 2021 · 6 min read

Children Are Lonelier Than Ever. Can Anything Be Done?

Loneliness was generally stable (with the bright spot being a significant drop in Asia) from 2000 to 2012 and then quickly reversed itself in all regions.

Camilo Ortiz and Stephanie De Leo

16 Aug 2021 · 9 min read