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The Army Corps Of Engineers Wanted To Prevent Hurricane Katrina Devastation, Environmentalists Sued, Now They 're Doing It Again

The Army Corps Of Engineers Wanted To Prevent Hurricane Katrina Devastation, Environmentalists Sued, Now They 're Doing It Again

May 13 2020 | comment(s)

Conservation groups have frequently sued the U.S Army Corps of Engineers claiming that government scientists do not "properly" evaluate the environmental impacts of its plans to mitigate flood risk.
Epidemiologists Link Celiac Disease To Frying Pans And Then We Wonder Why People Don't Believe In Masks

Epidemiologists Link Celiac Disease To Frying Pans And Then We Wonder Why People Don't Believe In Masks

May 12 2020 | comment(s)

During the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, when disease epidemiologists want to be taken seriously by the public, they face an uphill battle. Blocking their progress are epidemiologists who casually link everything to diseases, often using food frequency questionnaires which have no scientific legitimacy.
Should Any Current COVID-19 Estimates Be Used To Make Policy Decisions?

Should Any Current COVID-19 Estimates Be Used To Make Policy Decisions?

May 08 2020 | comment(s)

There is a popular saying in statistics - "Everyone believes the data except the collector. No one believes the model except the modeler."
An Argument To Force China To Pay Coronavirus Reparations

An Argument To Force China To Pay Coronavirus Reparations

May 07 2020 | comment(s)

When President Trump said he was going to restrict travel from China earlier this year due to coronavirus, I didn't engage in the reflexive politics of corporate journalists and call him a racist, I just though it an overreaction. After all, the Whole Health Organisation did not consider it a pandemic and they usually hyperventilate about everything. They had even assured us it could not be transmitted human to human.

Their source for both; the communist party in China. 
Coronavirus Claims Cause FDA To Go After 41 Bogus Homeopathy, Supplement And 'Alternative' Medicine Products

Coronavirus Claims Cause FDA To Go After 41 Bogus Homeopathy, Supplement And 'Alternative' Medicine Products

May 07 2020 | comment(s)

Journalist Chris Cuomo and his spouse were criticized after endorsing a variety of nonsense products recommended by their "naturopath" to treat his COVID-19 - claims that involved light energy, tinctures and a variety of useless placebos.
Australian Wildfires Caused By Not Enough Trees, Say Environmentalists

Australian Wildfires Caused By Not Enough Trees, Say Environmentalists

May 06 2020 | comment(s)

Fire breaks and responsible logging are overwhelmingly considered positives for forest management. Every native culture practiced removal of trees and controlled burns to mitigate risk of uncontrolled ones.