Health - Quillette (Page 7)

Dr. Norman C. Wang and Selective Outrage

Our profession functions well because constructive criticism, the need for empirical data, and a willingness to change have hitherto been so deeply entrenched.

Zachary Robert Caverley

22 Sep 2020 · 10 min read

Patient Safety and the Medical Omerta

The sharp decline in popularity of the Catholic Church shows how difficult it is for public trust to be regained once power is abused—if the medical profession does not take its responsibility to protect patients more seriously it risks losing this trust.

Habib Rahman

15 Sep 2020 · 11 min read

The China Syndrome Part IV: Did China Fudge its Data?

Hatred of the Chinese regime has become so strong and pervasive in the West—especially in the US, where China is seen as its main geopolitical foe—that it creates incentives that allow unsubstantiated allegations to spread largely unchecked.

Philippe Lemoine

6 Sep 2020 · 26 min read

The China Syndrome Part III: Wet Markets and BioLabs

In any case, the virus eventually reached Huanan Seafood Market, which served as a springboard from which the virus spread to the rest of Wuhan, and eventually across the entire world.

Philippe Lemoine

2 Sep 2020 · 32 min read

The China Syndrome Part II: Transmission and Response

The human rights record of the Chinese Communist Party provides ample evidence of its capacity for repression and cruelty, and therefore ample opportunities for condemnation.

Philippe Lemoine

29 Aug 2020 · 37 min read

The China Syndrome Part I: Outbreak

Bureaucratic inertia and incompetence are plentiful in China, and not just among local officials, even though apparatchiks in Beijing frequently use them as scapegoats for their own corruption.

Philippe Lemoine

24 Aug 2020 · 30 min read

The Problems with Discrimination Research in Medicine

The narrative that has emerged from the conclusions of these limited studies could inadvertently cause some populations to avoid medical follow-up and form an inaccurate view of healthcare practices.

Zachary Robert Caverley

13 Aug 2020 · 12 min read

At the NHS and BBC, Important Steps Toward Restoring Balance in the Gender Debate

The fierce onslaught she received has served as a wake-up call, even for those who have not been following the debate closely.

Julian Vigo

5 Aug 2020 · 10 min read

Why Have So Many American Conservatives Embraced COVID-19 Pseudoscience?

But what I’m describing here isn’t evidence-driven debate: It’s angry, ideologically driven luddite mysticism masquerading as hard-headed conservative skepticism.

Nidra Poller

23 Jul 2020 · 7 min read

To Be Useful, Health Data Must Go Deeper Than ‘Black’ and ‘White’

In the case of COVID-19, we know that diabetes, hypertension, and obesity all are significant comorbidities.

Amr F. Hamour

6 Jul 2020 · 5 min read

Reducing the Chance of New Pandemics

To call SARS-CoV-2 the “pandemic of the century” is a figure of speech, and an optimistic one at that.

Javier Arcos Hódar

1 Jul 2020 · 15 min read

COVID-19 and the College Football Debate

Most healthcare experts basically agree that there is still too much uncertainty about COVID-19 to play football safely this fall.

Daniel McGraw

25 Jun 2020 · 13 min read

Rethinking Health Disparities

True progress in medicine can only be accomplished when we maintain a consistent standard of scientific excellence and honest inquiry.

Zachary Robert Caverley

24 Jun 2020 · 11 min read

Reassessing the Guidance on Face Masks

Overly broad masking requirements are at best useless, and possibly harmful, since they can cause confusion and prompt at least some to rebel against masking if the practice is too onerous or impractical.

Dagfinn Reiersøl

17 Jun 2020 · 7 min read

Moving Away from Meat Means Welcoming the New 'Flexitarians'

Even prior to the pandemic, Barclays was predicting that the alternative-meat industry could grow ten-fold by the end of the next decade.

Ari David Blaff

29 May 2020 · 6 min read