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Misreading a Flawed Study

Vaccination against UTIs is a novel idea that holds enormous promise, but clinical trials must be well-designed and carefully analysed.

Geoffrey C. Kabat

10 Feb 2025 · 5 min read

Vaccine Hesitancy and the Covid Pandemic

Overselling Covid vaccines during the pandemic has backfired and played into the hands of the anti-vaccine movement.

Roger Bate

15 Mar 2024 · 10 min read

Will the New Vaccine Help Eradicate Malaria?

The malaria vaccine may well help reduce deaths, but we should not exaggerate its efficacy.

Roger Bate

5 Feb 2024 · 7 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

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

Vaccine Rejectionism and the Left

The coronavirus pandemic has caused massive backtracking and spin-doctoring among progressive parties over bioengineered vaccines.

Jon Entine / Patrick Whittle

21 Oct 2021 · 17 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

Podcast #166: Josh Szeps on the Myth of Australia’s COVID ‘Concentration Camps’

Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay interviews ABC presenter and podcaster Josh Szeps about Australia’s unique experience in managing the COVID pandemic—and the urban legends the country’s quarantine system has spawned among right-wing pundits on the other side of the world.

Quillette / Jonathan Kay

19 Sep 2021 · 1 min read

Making the (Conservative) Case for Vaccine Passports

In many parts of the world, the anti-vaccination cause is now closely associated with the right-leaning side of the political spectrum.

The Quillette Editorial Board

3 Sep 2021 · 9 min read

Looking for COVID-19 ‘Miracle Drugs’? We Already Have Them. They’re Called Vaccines

The evidence that mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccines are safe, and that they work, is about as solid as medical evidence gets.

Claire Berlinski and Yuri Deigin

6 Jul 2021 · 14 min read

Vaccine Hesitancy and the Paradox of Choice

While all the major vaccines have been deemed safe and effective, they are increasingly talked about as though they are different.

Andrew Glover

2 Jun 2021 · 4 min read

The Fear and Fantasy of COVID-19 Vaccination

The politicization and generation of narratives surrounding the coronavirus (and ensuing governmental responses) funneled information flow into partitions based on political affiliation.

Iosif M. Gershteyn

10 Apr 2021 · 8 min read