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hclasvegas:
There must be some solid proof from the honorable NYT etc that Doc Prasad is a worthless quack...Not sure about the NYT but I already posted an article which you either ignored or dismissed from
Science-Based Medicine on Prasad in another thread when you first brought him up. Or did you forget you brought him up before (just 3 days ago)?
Here's some of what I wrote about Prasad 3 long days ago:
So Dr. "Do Not Comply" Prasad is saying that when daily deaths in the U.S. went from 23 on March 20, 2020 to 1,089 two weeks later on April 6 to 2,222 another two weeks later on April 20, we should have taken no public healthcare initiatives without first doing randomized controlled clinical trials like true scientists to determine the possible outcomes of each plan of action.And here again is some of what
Science-Based Medicine said about Prasad:
Dr. Prasad has been promoting this message for quite a while now. Indeed, doing a quick search of this blog, I found that he was promoting exactly this message a year ago, when he portrayed ongoing concern about the harms of COVID-19 and a desire among many to avoid catching the disease if they possibly can as irrational anxiety and fear. At the time, I pointed out how this sort of portrayal of public health advocates as fearful and of catching an infectious disease as unavoidable -- even inevitable (or, as Dr. Prasad puts it this time, "unpreventable") -- is exactly the same sort of narrative that antivaxxers have used for decades about measles and other vaccine-preventable diseases.
One wonders what Dr. Prasad thinks of antivaxxers who said exactly the same thing about measles back in the day, that it's a "harmless childhood disease that is dangerous to only a very few," that it's impossible to avoid getting it, that "natural immunity" is better. Dr. Prasad obstinately keeps claiming that he's "not antivax," but then goes and keeps repeating antivax messaging that was old when the pandemic hit in 2020. Either he’s ignorant about this messaging (possible, but no longer likely given how often people have tried to explain it to him), in denial that that is what he’s doing (possible), or doesn’t care (the most likely possibility).In short, he's an antivaxxer who claims not to be one and his attitude seems to be just let the virus rip through the population and the strong will survive while the weak will die and that's life (or for some, death). Too bad, so sad.
Full
Science-Based Medicine article (in case you actually want to read it this time around):
https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/dr-vinay-prasad-f...Media Bias Fact Check's rating of
Science-Based Medicine: Overall, we rate Science-Based Medicine Pro-Science based on the use of scientific sources and support for the consensus of science. We also rate them Very-High for factual reporting due to scientific sourcing and a clean fact check record.
In review, Science-Based Medicine primarily debunks false medical claims such as this: A Poorly Conceived Study Fails to Prove Ayurveda Works. This story is very well-sourced. In general, Science-Based Medicine aligns with the consensus of science, which we rate as Pro-Science.
Finally, I think mostly you're just trolling in virtually every message you post so I'm going to ignore you from now on. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays.
