epidemiology /oss/taxonomy/term/5019/all en Dr. Oz’s Sad Trip Down the Rabbit Hole /oss/article/pseudoscience/dr-ozs-sad-trip-down-rabbit-hole <p>It seems that Dr. Mehmet Oz’s transformation from respected surgeon to deplorable pseudoscience advocate is complete. He recently slandered Dr. Fauci as a “petty tyrant” and then called him “cowardly” for not taking the bait to get into a “doctor-to-doctor debate” with the surgeon-turned TV snake oil salesman-turned politician. Oz may once have been a very competent physician, but he is way, way out of his depth when it comes to immunology, virology and epidemiology. He is just not in Dr. Fauci’s league.  </p> Fri, 18 Feb 2022 22:01:11 +0000 Joe Schwarcz PhD 9030 at /oss Let’s Hear It for the Voices of Reason /oss/article/covid-19-health-general-science/lets-hear-it-voices-reason <p>The COVID-19 pandemic has been a golden opportunity for schemers, contrarians and conspiracy theorists to use public distress and thirst for knowledge to widen their reach. It is easy to get lost in those weeds and forget that there are good people whose intellectual rigour and clarity have provided us all with metaphorical flashlights during these dark times. They have looked at an expanding (and sometimes contracting) body of evidence on COVID-19, delineated the border between what we knew and didn’t know, and explained to us the maddening uncertainties of science in real-time.</p> Thu, 08 Apr 2021 16:45:11 +0000 Jonathan Jarry M.Sc. 8692 at /oss The Discovery of Cholera /oss/article/health-videos/discovery-cholera <p></p><div class="media-youtube-video media-element file-default media-youtube-1"> <iframe class="media-youtube-player" id="media-youtube-jnzl0ptect8" width="640" height="390" title="Dr. Joe Schwarcz on the discovery of cholera" src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/JnZL0PTEct8?wmode=opaque&controls=&enablejsapi=1&modestbranding=1&playerapiid=media-youtube-jnzl0ptect8&origin=https%3A//www.mcgill.ca&rel=0" name="Dr. Joe Schwarcz on the discovery of cholera" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="">Video of Dr. Joe Schwarcz on the discovery of cholera</iframe> </div> Thu, 10 Dec 2020 20:53:30 +0000 OSS 8528 at /oss