Episode 93: Dr. Claus Koehnlein Helps You Decide Whether to Get a Flu Shot this Year
To flu shot or not to flu shot? Dr. Claus Koehnlein of Kiel, Germany, treats many “HIV positives,” widely considered to have an immune deficiency and therefore to be prime candidates for vaccines of this type. But did you know that a recent flu vaccination is among many factors that could cause a false “HIV positive” test result in the first place? What about that 1918 influenza pandemic we don’t want to repeat? What is the flu, anyway, and isn’t it sometimes fatal? Continue reading »
Comment (1)Episode 38: News Update
In this episode, David and Terry discuss groundbreaking HIV/AIDS news, with a focus on how more and more people are rethinking AIDS – and are being recognized, worldwide, for doing so. For example, Dr. Nancy Turner Banks, a recent guest on Episode 26 of our show, received a gold medal on May 11, 2011 from the Independent Publisher Book Awards. Continue reading »
Comment (0)Episode 37: Syphilis Conundrums, Quackbuster Randi and Rethinkers in Korea
In this episode, David presents a slightly different format by playing clips from the current media and commenting on them. He begins the episode with some listener feedback and some news items. Then, in the first clip, Susan Reverby describes how she uncovered a series of U.S. experiments in Guatemala (now deemed unethical), where prostitutes and prison inmates were inoculated with syphilis. David points out the distorted logic and the lack of evidence for sexual transmission of the disease. In the next clip, former magician James Randi contradicts himself as he discusses whether science is imposed by authority or discovered by critical thinking.
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