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Critically Thinking about the Left’s American Education Strategy

February 16 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Critical Thinking, Education

Feb. 17, 2023 by John Droz Jr. Source: Critically Thinking about the Left’s American Education Strategy This may be my last education piece for awhile*, as there are other topics in the queue… This article is very important as it connects the dots in some areas that you may not be aware of. So stand back a bit and give some Critical... Read more

The Aseem Malhotra lecture isn’t what you think it is

February 14 | Posted by mrossol | Critical Thinking, Science, Vaccine

Interesting. I did not read the lecture by Dr. Malhotra, but can sort of guess(?) It is helpful to consider other viewpoints, so I wanted to include it – since I probably don’t do enough of that. mrossol Source: The Aseem Malhotra lecture isn’t what you think it is | Science-Based Medicine For those audience members unfamiliar with Dr. Aseem Malhotra... Read more

The “evidence pyramid” should be dismantled, brick by ill-conceived brick

February 13 | Posted by mrossol | Critical Thinking, Math/Statistics, Prasad, Science

Source: The “evidence pyramid” should be dismantled, brick by ill-conceived brick I wrote last week about a systematic review of physical measures to block viral transmission. In the post I referenced the famous (or perhaps infamous) evidence pyramid. My goal was to show the idealized version of evidence—wherein a systematic review of randomized trials strengthens one’s confidence in any one trial’s... Read more

Cochrane masking review reveals how academics are absolute hypocrites

February 8 | Posted by mrossol | Critical Thinking, Health, Math/Statistics, Prasad

Hmm. Dr Prasad finally states his position on Ivermectin. Interesting. By Vinay Prasad, Feb. 8, 2023 Source: Cochrane masking review reveals how academics are absolute hypocrites

The reception to the Cochrane update on masks and other physical interventions to prevent the spread of sars-cov-2 has been disappointing. First of all, there is no question that randomized trials better estimate... Read more

Wide confidence intervals means an intervention could still work; Is that the standard we always use in medicine?

February 7 | Posted by mrossol | Critical Thinking, Science

Bt Vinay Prasad, February 6, 2023 Source: Wide confidence intervals means an intervention could still work; Is that the standard we always use in medicine?

I took the liberty of plotting the largest randomized trials of masking from the Cochrane review, and, first off, as you can see, all the confidence intervals are wide, and compatible with important... Read more

Let’s Do the Cochrane Review of Physical Measures to Reduce the Spread of Viruses

February 7 | Posted by mrossol | Critical Thinking, FDA, Science

By John Mandrola, February 6, 2023 Source: Let’s Do the Cochrane Review of Physical Measures to Reduce the Spread of Viruses Professor Tom Jefferson of Oxford led a large group of authors for this fifth update of the evidence review of physical measures to interrupt the spread of respiratory viruses. Their last review was in 2020, which did not include SARS-CoV-2 infection. Background... Read more

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