Clay Jones

@clayjones.bsky.social

Pediatric/newborn hospitalist. Skeptic, but fun at parties. Part-time satirist. Nobel Prize nominated, I assume. Born on the bayou, just not yesterday. https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/author/clayjones/ https://www.knudsensnews.com

My latest: Kennedy is undermining the #measles response in Pennsylvania by suggesting recent deaths were "fabricated," and his years of lies about vaccines have made it much more difficult to end our ongoing measles outbreaks throughout the country and prevent new ones from happening.

Opinion | America beat measles once. RFK Jr. is making it harder to do so again.

The U.S. is headed for more cases, more suffering, more deaths and enormous financial costs.

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“With COVID, not because of it.” was a garbage argument from non-experts with political axes to grind or a societal death wish. A million people killed in the US by COVID didn’t live through it. Oz is equally ignorant when he talks about measles deaths. His brain is absolute mush at this point.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3d ago

Dr Oz: "I don't want anyone in America concerned inappropriately. We don't know exactly what happened in PAG yet. We don't know if the children died from measles or had another condition that was already attacking them and they happened to get measles at the same time. We lived this during covid."

As a skeptic, I know that the rule of threes is bullshit. But come on rule of threes, this is your chance to prove me wrong and make the world a better place. Although I suppose this could backfire. I hope Elton John is completely covered in bubble wrap right now.

The expert on NPR’s Short Wave today spoke about metabolic psychiatry. I don’t know enough to weigh in on that, but she did promote an unfortunate bit of nonsense, claiming a lack of evidence in support of current nutritional guidelines. “So many people are unhealthy!”

However tough things are in your life, whatever hardships you may face, take heart in the fact that you wake up every day not being Ricky Schroeder. Unless, of course, you are Ricky Schroeder. In that case, go fuck yourself.

Deftly avoiding hatred from MAGA folks while serving as a beacon of love and acceptance for all, supporting the rights of marginalized groups across the board, and inspiring thousands of drag queens is not neutrality. She just never specifically called Trump out.

CNN@cnn.com · 5d ago

"At a time when no American celebrity seems immune from the country’s many divisions, Dolly Parton was a crossover icon who stayed neutral in the culture wars while still speaking her mind," writes Zachary B. Wolf. | Analysis

If your chiropractor breaks out a neurocalometer (nervo-scope), run and never look back. They claim to be detecting nerve imbalances based on temperature differences. What they are actually detecting is how hard they push. A perfect way to find a problem only they can charge you to fix.

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That Trump has outlived Dolly Parton is yet more proof that we are floating on this rock alone in the cosmos, directed only by natural laws of physics rather than some kind of all-powerful and all-knowing being. Natural laws of physics don’t give a fuck about who you are or how many people love you.

Rarely, an older movie portraying a distant future just nails the culture, the fashion, the lingo, the music, the dancing, etc. 1990’s Robot Jox is one of those movies. It could have been made today about right now.

Believe me when I say that I understand the torrent of batshit crazy nutrition advice there is, and it really annoys me too. Turns out nutrition is pretty complicated, and there's still a lot we haven't figured out, but youtube isn't where to learn.